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Webster 1913 Edition


Jointure

Join′ture

,
Noun.
[F.
jointure
a joint, orig., a joining, L.
junctura
, fr.
jungere
to join. See
Join
, and cf.
Juncture
.]
1.
A joining; a joint.
[Obs.]
2.
(Law)
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.
The
jointure
that your king must make,
Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.
Shakespeare

Join′ture

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Jointured
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Jointuring
.]
To settle a jointure upon.

Webster 1828 Edition


Jointure

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.
T.
To settle a jointure upon.

Definition 2024


jointure

jointure

English

Noun

jointure (plural jointures)

  1. (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
  2. (law) 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.
    • Shakespeare
      The jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.
    • 1633, John Donne, Confined Love
      Beasts do no jointures lose
      Though they new lovers choose;
      But we are made worse than those.

Verb

jointure (third-person singular simple present jointures, present participle jointuring, simple past and past participle jointured)

  1. (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

Related terms

References

  • jointure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Latin iūnctūra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒwɛ̃.tyʁ/

Noun

jointure f (plural jointures)

  1. (anatomy) joint