jointure

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.

noun

  1. (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
  2. (law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
    Beasts do no jointures lose / Though they new lovers choose; / But we are made worse than those. 1633, John Donne, Confined Love

verb

  1. (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

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