1. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
   - jointure

Type of: estate

• messiah
• messiahship
• messianic
• Messidor
• messily
• Messina
• messiness
• messmate
• messuage
• messy
• mestiza
• mestizo
• mestranol
• Mesua
• Mesua ferrea
• meta-
• metabola
• metabolic
• metabolic acidosis
• metabolic alkalosis
• metabolic disorder
• metabolic process
• metabolic rate
• metabolically
• metabolise