jointure

join·ture  (joinchr)

n.

1. Law

a. An arrangement by which a man sets aside property to be used for the support of his wife after his death.

b. The property so designated.

2. The act of joining or the state of being joined.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin inctra, joint; see juncture.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	jointure - (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower legal jointure law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
	2.	jointure - the 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" uniting, unification, conjugation, union compounding, combining, combination - the act of combining things to form a new whole coalescence, coalescency, conglutination, coalition, concretion - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts reunification, reunion - the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis umbrella - having the function of uniting a group of similar things; "the Democratic Party is an umbrella for many liberal groups"; "under the umbrella of capitalism"