1. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
   - legal jointure 
2. The act of making or becoming a single unit
   - union, unification, uniting, conjugation

Derived forms: jointures

See also: join

Type of: combination, combining, compounding, estate

Encyclopedia: Jointure

• Theodosius the Great
• theogony
• theologian
• theological
• theological doctrine
• theological system
• theological virtue
• theologically
• theologise
• theologiser
• theologist
• theologize
• theologizer
• theology
• theophany
• Theophrastaceae
• Theophrastus
• Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim
• theophylline
• theorbo
• theorem
• theoretic
• theoretical
• theoretical account
• theoretically