English

Noun

jointure ‎(plural jointures)

1. (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
2. (law) 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.
   • Shakespeare

     The jointure that your king must make, / Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised.

   • 1633, John Donne, Confined Love

     Beasts do no jointures lose

     Though they new lovers choose;

     But we are made worse than those.

Verb

jointure ‎(third-person singular simple present jointures, present participle jointuring, simple past and past participle jointured)

1. (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.

Related terms

• juncture

References

• jointure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Etymology

Latin iūnctūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒwɛ̃.tyʁ/

Noun

jointure f ‎(plural jointures)

1. (anatomy) joint