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join·ture
/ˈʤɔɪnʧɚ/
寡婦所得財產
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Join·ture
n.
1.
A
joining
;
a
joint
. [
Obs
.]
2.
Law
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
.
The
jointure
that
your
king
must
make
,
Which
with
her
dowry
shall
be
counterpoised
. --
Shak
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Join·ture
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Jointured
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Jointuring
.]
To
settle
a
jointure
upon
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
jointure
n
1: (
law
)
an
estate
secured
to
a
prospective
wife
as
a
marriage
settlement
in
lieu
of
a
dower
[
syn
:
legal jointure
]
2:
the
act
of
making
or
becoming
a
single
unit
; "
the
union
of
opposing
factions
"; "
he
looked
forward
to
the
unification
of
his
family
for
the
holidays
" [
syn
:
union
,
unification
,
uniting
,
conjugation
] [
ant
:
disunion
]
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