jointure

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A joining; a joint.
2. noun An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
3. verb To settle a jointure upon.

Similar words

jointing joinder junction join juncture conj conjoining adjunction union seam

Often followed by

of and to was is or in for on

Word family

jointures