jointure

  1. Noun.  (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
  2. Noun.  (legal) 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.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

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