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Webster 1913 Edition
Jointure
Join′ture
,Noun.
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
Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.
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.
JOINT'URE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
jointure
jointure
English
Noun
jointure (plural jointures)
- (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
- (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.
- Shakespeare
Verb
jointure (third-person singular simple present jointures, present participle jointuring, simple past and past participle jointured)
- (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.
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References
- jointure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913