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Jointure

//ˈdʒɔɪn.t͡ʃə(ɹ)// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A joining; a joint. obsolete
  2. 2
    the act of making or becoming a single unit wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

    "Then, Warwick, thus: our sister shall be Edward’s; / And now forthwith shall articles be drawn / Touching the jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised."

  4. 4
    (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To settle a jointure upon. transitive

    "He never ſo much as ask’d me about my Fortune, or Eſtate; but aſſur'd me that vvhen vve came to Dublin he vvould Joynture me in 600l. a Year good Land; and that he vvould enter into a Deed of Settlement, or Contract here, for the Performance of it."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle English joynture, from Old French jointure, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of juncture.

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