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n. Law An arrangement by which a man sets aside property to be used for the support of his wife after his death.

n. Law The property so designated.

n. The act of joining or the state of being joined.

n. A joining; a joint.

n. 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.

v. To settle a jointure upon.

n. A joining; a joint.

n. An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.

v. To settle a jointure upon.

n. A joining or coupling together; junction; union; conjunction.

n. A joint of armor.

n. An estate in lands or tenements settled before marriage on the intended husband and wife jointly.

n. An estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, and to be enjoyed by her after her husband's decease.

To settle a jointure upon.

n. the act of making or becoming a single unit

n. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

"“There was one circumstance which, though he did not appeal to it, had much weight with me in his favour, and that was the word jointure in the taylor’s letter, whereas my aunt never had been married, and this Mr. Fitzpatrick well knew. —"

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