English-Thai Dictionary
jointure
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
JOINTURE
n.An estate in lands or tenements, settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, and which she is to enjoy after her husband's decease.
JOINTURE
v.t.To settle a jointure upon.
JOINTURED
pp. Endowed with a jointure.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
JOINTURE
Join "ture, n. Etym: [F. jointure a joint, orig. , a joining, L.junctura, fr. jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Juncture. ]
1. A joining; a joint. [Obs. ]
2. (Law )
Defn: 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.
JOINTURE
Join "ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Jointured; p. pr. & vb. n.Jointuring.]
Defn: To settle a jointure upon.
JOINTURELESS
JOINTURELESS Join "ture *less, a.
Defn: Having no jointure.
JOINTURESS
JOINTURESS Join "tur *ess, n.
Defn: See Jointress. Bouvier.
New American Oxford Dictionary
jointure
join ture |ˈjoinCHər ˈdʒɔɪntʃər | ▶noun Law an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower. ORIGIN 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.
Oxford Dictionary
jointure
jointure |ˈdʒɔɪntʃə | ▶noun Law an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower. ORIGIN 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.
French Dictionary
jointure
jointure n. f. nom féminin Endroit des articulations où les os se joignent. : La jointure des doigts, du genou.
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