Bible Dictionaries
Jointure
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A joining; a joint.
(2):
(n.) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
(3):
(v. t.) To settle a jointure upon.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jointure'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/j/jointure.html. 1828.