Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as jointress.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun See jointress.

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  • noun A woman to whom an estate is bequeathed via jointure.

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jointure +‎ -ess

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