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Jointure

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

polysemous

Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
legal jointureunification
plural
Jointures
possessive
Jointure's
pluralpossessive
Jointures'