jointure
jointure
[ˈdʒɔɪntʃə]
noun
[ˈdʒɔɪntʃə]
noun
- (Law)an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lieu of a dower
(律)寡妇所得产
- 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
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