Definition of jointure in English:
jointure
noun ˈdʒɔɪntʃəˈdʒɔɪn(t)ʃər
Law An estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower.
Example sentencesExamples
- The unmarried and widows often engaged in litigation related to marriage settlements, jointures, uses and trusts.
- Through an unusual jointure, announced in October, it became the dance programming division of the Trust.
- Brush and Rimbothorn ganged up in a rather pointless jointure to try and drench her.
- We must destroy them and we must form jointures and bring the best teachers and the best equipment under one roof.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense 'junction, joint'): from Old French, from Latin junctura (see juncture). In late Middle English the term denoted the joint holding of property by a husband and wife for life, whence the current sense.
Definition of jointure in US English:
jointure
nounˈjoin(t)SHərˈdʒɔɪn(t)ʃər
Law An estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower.
Example sentencesExamples
- Through an unusual jointure, announced in October, it became the dance programming division of the Trust.
- The unmarried and widows often engaged in litigation related to marriage settlements, jointures, uses and trusts.
- Brush and Rimbothorn ganged up in a rather pointless jointure to try and drench her.
- We must destroy them and we must form jointures and bring the best teachers and the best equipment under one roof.
Origin
Middle English (in the sense ‘junction, joint’): from Old French, from Latin junctura (see juncture). In late Middle English the term denoted the joint holding of property by a husband and wife for life, whence the current sense.