JOINTURE Definition & Meaning

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jointure

[ join-cher ]

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noun

Law.

an estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.
Obsolete. a joint tenancy limited in favor of a husband and wife.

jointure

/ ˈ��ɔɪ�Գ�ʃə /

noun

law
1. provision made by a husband for his wife by settling property upon her at marriage for her use after his death
2. the property so settled
obsolete.
the act of joining or the condition of being joined

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

��Ǿ��t�ܰ�� adjective
��Ǿ��t�ܰ��·�� adjective
un·��Ǿ��t�ܰ�� adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of jointure¹

1325–75; Middle English < Old French < Latin ��ܲԳ��ū��, equivalent to junct- ( joint ) + -ū�� -ure

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of jointure¹

C14: from Old French, from Latin ��ܲԳ��ū�� a joining

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Nonetheless, for the upper classes, haggling over dowries and jointures ensured that matrimony was often approached like a business arrangement.

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Miss Lumley became Mrs. Sterne in due time, and brought to her husband a modest jointure, and another living at Stillington, so that he was now a pluralist, although far from rich.

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Worse still, he refused to send her even a portion of her jointure.

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To Joseph he left two thousand pounds; and the estate in Cornwall, to my mother, in addition to her jointure.

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Oh, of course her jointure will be paid.

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