jointure

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

From Old French < Latin iūnctūra.

Noun

jointure (plural jointures)

1. (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
2. (law) 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.
   • Shakespeare

     The jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.

Verb

jointure (third-person singular simple present jointures, present participle jointuring, simple past and past participle jointured)

1. (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

Related terms

• juncture

References

• jointure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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French

Etymology

Latin iūnctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒwɛ̃.tyʁ/

Noun

jointure f (plural jointures)

1. (anatomy) joint