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Word: Jointure
Speech Type: Noun
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
ˈdʒɔɪntʃə
an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower.
Short Definition:estate settled on wife for period during which she survives her husband, in lien of dower
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