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jointure
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As a noun, jointure means 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. As a verb, it means settle a jointure upon.
Meanings of jointure
5 meaningsnoun
legalAn 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.
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Similar: legal jointureThe 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”
Similar: union, unification, uniting, conjugation
Older and rare meanings (1)
obsoleteA joining; a joint.
verb
To settle a jointure upon.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).