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jointure::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | legal jointure |
| Type of | estate |
jointure::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conjugation, unification, union, uniting |
| Type of | compounding, combination, combining |
| Has types | reunion, tribalisation, tribalization, coalescence, umbrella, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination, reunification |
| Derivation | join |
Examples of jointure
jointure
Clergymen maybe, or lawyers from town, or half-pay officers, or widows with only a jointure.
From the economist.com
Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure.
From the theatlantic.com
Another legal provision for widowhood was jointure, in which property, often land, would be held in joint tenancy, so that it would automatically go to the widow on her husband's death.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
- Union: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
- Jointure is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir Edward Coke, it is "a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands or tenements, to take effect presently in possession or profit after the death of her husband for the life of the wife at ...
- A joining; a joint; 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
- An arrangement usually concluded during marriage negotiations whereby a man set aside property to be used for the support of his wife after his death. Many women had to fight for their jointures after the deaths of their husbands. ...
- The holding of property to the joint use of a husband and wife for life or in tail, as a provision for the latter in the event of her widowhood.
- The legal provision of an estate for a widow.
- An estate for life secured by deed to a woman of part of her husband's lands in case he predeceased her, and expressed to be made in lieu of dower. If made before marriage, her dower was barred but, if after, she might elect either jointure or dower. Jointures have been possible since 1536. ...
- General woodworking term used for better-quality wood-joint construction.
