Definition of Jointure
Jointure
join·ture
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(noun)
an estate settled on a wife, during which she survives her husband, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death; in lien of a dower;
e.g. I wonder if there is a threat of the wife murdering the husband for a jointure, if it'll essentially provide for her after his death.
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