JOINTURE

Jointure

Jointure is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir Edward Coke, it is "a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands or tenements, to take effect presently in possession or profit after the death of her husband for the life of the wife at least, if she herself be not the cause of determination or forfeiture of it': .

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jointure

Noun

  1. A joining; a joint.
  2. 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.

Verb

  1. To settle a jointure upon.


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