We found 3 definitions of jointures from 2 different sources.
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 |