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jointure
[ join-cher ]
noun
, Law.
- an estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.
- Obsolete. a joint tenancy limited in favor of a husband and wife.
jointure
/ ˈdʒɔɪntʃə /
noun
- law
- provision made by a husband for his wife by settling property upon her at marriage for her use after his death
- the property so settled
- obsolete.the act of joining or the condition of being joined
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Other Words From
- jointured adjective
- jointure·less adjective
- un·jointured adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jointure1
C14: from Old French, from Latin junctūra a joining
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Example Sentences
Nonetheless, for the upper classes, haggling over dowries and jointures ensured that matrimony was often approached like a business arrangement.
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Miss Lumley became Mrs. Sterne in due time, and brought to her husband a modest jointure, and another living at Stillington, so that he was now a pluralist, although far from rich.
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Worse still, he refused to send her even a portion of her jointure.
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To Joseph he left two thousand pounds; and the estate in Cornwall, to my mother, in addition to her jointure.
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Oh, of course her jointure will be paid.
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