jointure

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

JOINT'URE, noun An estate in lands or tenements, settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, and which she is to enjoy after her husband's decease. JOINT'URE, verb transitive To settle a jointure upon.
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