Definition of jointure Jointure
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We found 9 definitions of jointure from 4 different sources.
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What does jointure mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: jointures |
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| jointure - (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower | ||
| legal jointure | ||
| estate extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island" | ||
| jointure - the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays" | ||
| union, unification, uniting, conjugation | ||
| disunion the termination or destruction of union | ||
| compounding, combining, combination an occurrence that results in things being united | ||
| coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition, concretion the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts | ||
| reunification, reunion the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" | ||
| tribalisation, tribalization the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jointure (n.)
A joining; a joint. - jointure (n.)
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. - jointure (v. t.)
To settle a jointure upon.
Part of speech
🔤- jointure, noun, singular of jointures.
