Jointure

Jointure
From LoveToKnow 1911
JOINTURE, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir E.

JOINTURE, estates.. A competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands and tenements; to take effect in profit or possession, presently after the death of the hushand, for the life of the wife at least.

By a jointure settled upon the wife. 3. By the wife joining her hushand in a conveyance of the estate. 4. By the hushand and wife levying a fine, or suffering a common recovery. 5. By a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. 6.

- (Anat) articulation, articulation, jointure, joint, (Géol) diaclase, (GB) rõti, boîte, boîte de nuit, bistrot mal famé, tripot
adj. - commun, conjugué, réuni, (US, Pol) commission interparlementaire
v. tr.

See also: Joint, Law, Action, Marriage, Wife