Definition of Jointure. Meaning of Jointure. Synonyms of Jointure

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Definition of Jointure

Jointure
Jointure Join"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointured; p. pr. & vb. n. Jointuring.] To settle a jointure upon.

Meaning of Jointure from wikipedia

- Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family...
- The South Bergen Jointure Commission is a special education public school district based in Hasbrouck Heights on New Jersey Route 17 South in Hasbrouck...
- monastery Juncturae (Jointures) in the present town of Saint-Dié followed his appointment as the bishop of Nevers. He placed Jointures under the Rule of...
- from both her husbands' jointures amounted to £3,000 annually, to which came plate and movables worth £6,000. However, her jointure was to suffer greatly...
- Emily was treated generously in her first husband's will. He left her a jointure of £4,000 annually (increased from the £3,000 promised in the settlement)...
- Anne's financial position changed in England when she was awarded a new jointure estate based on lands, manors, and parks which had previously been given...
- Maria were souring the early years of their marriage. Disputes over her jointure, appointments to her household, and the practice of her religion culminated...
- support the wife and children. Another legal provision for widowhood was jointure, in which property, often land, would be held in joint tenancy, so that...
- expulsion. The union forfeited £500 of Georgina's annual £1,500 widow's jointure. News of Lady De Tabley and Reverend Leicester's marriage quickly spread...
- bestowed on Queen Catherine Parr as a lifetime grant, included in her jointure. She died in 1548 at Sudeley, and in her will she left everything to her...