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- 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.
- Jointured - imp. & p. p. - of Jointure
- Jointureless - a. - Having no jointure.
- Jointuress - n. - See Jointress.
- Settle - v. i. - To make a jointure for a wife.
- Jointure - v. t. - To settle a jointure upon.
- Settlement - n. - That which is bestowed formally and permanently; the sum secured to a person; especially, a jointure made to a woman at her marriage; also, in the United States, a sum of money or other property formerly granted to a pastor in additional to his salary.
- Settlement - n. - A disposition of property for the benefit of some person or persons, usually through the medium of trustees, and for the benefit of a wife, children, or other relatives; jointure granted to a wife, or the act of granting it.