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

Type of: estate

• William of Wykeham
• William Patterson
• William Penn
• William Penn Adair Rogers
• William Pitt
• William Ralph Inge
• William Randolph Hearst
• William Rehnquist
• William Richard Morris
• William Rose Benet
• William Rowan Hamilton
• William Rufus
• William S. Burroughs
• William S. Gilbert
• William Saroyan
• William Schwenk Gilbert
• William Seward Burroughs
• William Shakespeare
• William Shakspere
• William Shockley
• William Somerset Maugham
• William Stanley Jevons
• William Strickland
• William Stubbs
• William Styron