Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The designation of property, held by one spouse (historically the husband) and jointly used by both spouses, to be provided to the other spouse (historically the wife) in the event of the death of the spouse holding the property.
- noun The property so designated.
- noun The act of joining or the state of being joined.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To settle a jointure upon.
- noun A joining or coupling together; junction; union; conjunction.
- noun A joint of armor.
- noun An estate in lands or tenements settled before marriage on the intended husband and wife jointly.
- noun An estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, and to be enjoyed by her after her husband's decease.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To settle a jointure upon.
- noun obsolete A joining; a joint.
- noun (Law) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
joining ; ajoint . - noun 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 ofdower . - verb transitive To settle a jointure upon.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of making or becoming a single unit
- noun (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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“There was one circumstance which, though he did not appeal to it, had much weight with me in his favour, and that was the word jointure in the taylor’s letter, whereas my aunt never had been married, and this Mr. Fitzpatrick well knew. —
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"There was one circumstance which, though he did not appeal to it, had much weight with me in his favour, and that was the word jointure in the taylor's letter, whereas my aunt never had been married, and this
History of Tom Jones, a Foundling Henry Fielding 1730
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Most of the great families in England have a secondary residence, which is called a jointure-house: let the new house be of that kind. '
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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England have a secondary residence, which is called a jointure-house: let the new house be of that kind. '
The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. James Boswell 1767
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Her lord has made her sole executrix, and added what little douceurs he could to her jointure, which is but
The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 3 Horace Walpole 1757
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Most of the great families of England have a secondary residence, which is called a jointure-house: let the new house be of that kind.’
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Neither she nor I were charged with any offense, but while I was left homeless and destitute, she was granted control of her jointure lands and allowed to live at Chelsea Manor.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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Collyweston in Northamptonshire had been the principal seat of Elizabeth's grandmother, Margaret Beaufort and then had passed down to Henry Fitzroy, duke of Richmond and, briefly, to Anne Boleyn as part of her jointure. 74 It was very likely in disrepair by the time Elizabeth received it since there was no socially or politically significant person living in it since Richmond's death in 1536.
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I wonder if she will have the use of her jointure, now that Sir Thomas is dead.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
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I wonder if she will have the use of her jointure, now that Sir Thomas is dead.
Secrets of the Tudor Court Kate Emerson 2010
brtom commented on the word jointure
Now, on the face of these circumstances, it is utterly unaccountable to me, why you, the widow of a city knight, with a good jointure, should not close with the passion of a man of such character and expectations as Mr. Surface ...
Sheridan, School for Scandal
January 5, 2008
bilby commented on the word jointure
"Azam and Loga were married in 2003 after a wonderful 17-year friendship which led to their creative partnership and now to this tremendous jointure."
- www.niyazmusic.com
June 20, 2008
yarb commented on the word jointure
Don Ambrosio had given way to no mistaken presage of his death, which happened on the following day; and I remained mistress of a considerable jointure, settled on me at our marriage. But I shall take care to make no unworthy use of it. The world shall not see me, young as I still am, wantoning in the arms of a third husband.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 1 ch. 14
September 12, 2008