单词 | jointress |
释义 | jointressn. A widow who holds a jointure; a dowager. ΘΚΠ society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > a jointure > one who holds jointress1604 jointuressa1693 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property lady of dower1439 doweress1519 dowager1530 dowrier1551 tercerc1575 jointress1604 jointuressa1693 dowee1865 douairière1869 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. ii. 9 Our Queene Th' imperiall ioyntresse of this warlike state. View more context for this quotation 1697 London Gaz. No. 3296/4 Part being in present possession, and the other in Reversion after the death of a Joyntress. 1707 London Gaz. No. 4320/3 One Estate..subject to a Jointure, which the Jointress is willing to sell. 1892 Law Times Rep. 67 490/2 Since the hearing..one of the jointresses had died and her jointure of 1000l. a year had ceased. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1604 |
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