jointuressn.
/ˈdʒɔɪntjʊərɪs/ = jointress n.
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society > law > transfer of property > settlement of property > [noun] > a jointure > one who holds
jointress1604
jointuressa1693
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > widow or widower > [noun] > widow > types of widow > widow with share of husband's property
lady of dower1439
doweress1519
dowager1530
dowrier1551
tercerc1575
jointress1604
jointuressa1693
dowee1865
douairière1869
a1693 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 136 He [Butler] maried a good jointuresse, the relict of Morgan, by which meanes he lives comfortably.
1711 London Gaz. No. 4905/3 The Reversion and Fee-Simple Estate, after the Death of a Jointuress.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 337/2 Jointress, or Jointuress.
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