jointure noun & verb. ['dʒɔɪntjʊǝ] ME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin junctura JUNCTURE.]
A. noun.
1. A joining, a junction, a joint. Formerly also, the action of joining, union. Now rare. ME.

2. Orig., the joint holding of property by a husband and wife for life, or in tail as a provision for the latter in the event of her widowhood. Now, an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband. LME.
b. A dowry. L15-E17.

3. A joint-tenancy. L16-M18.
b. verb trans. Settle a jointure on; provide with a jointure. M17.

■ jointured adjective provided with a jointure M18.

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