noun
definition
A joining; a joint.
definition
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.
verb
definition
To settle a jointure upon.
Examples of jointure in a Sentence
Blagrave, to enable him to make a jointure to his now Wife.
At the close of her life she had some success in obtaining payment of her jointure.
A widow has a dower interest in one-third of her husband's real estate unless barred by a jointure or an agreement.
They marry wives with perhaps 300 pounds to 1,000 pounds portion, and can settle no jointure upon them.
Long-sleeved with a low front and O-ring jointure, plus an elastic waistband makes it a sexy yet useful and comfortable piece to slip on, whether you are keeping off the worst of the sun or a touch of chill.
That his admiration was unfeigned cannot be doubted; she had, however, a jointure of 600 and perhaps a.