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Jointure — is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir Edward Coke, it is a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands or tenements, to take effect presently in possession or profit after the death of… … Wikipedia
jointure — Synonyms and related words: agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, appanage, articulation, bond, bracketing, clustering, combination, communication, concatenation, concourse, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, connection,… … Moby Thesaurus
jointure — index dower Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 jointure … Law dictionary
jointure — (n.) late 14c., act or fact of being joined, from O.Fr. jointure a putting together, from L. iunctura a joining, juncture (see JUNCTURE (Cf. juncture)). Specific legal sense from mid 15c … Etymology dictionary
Jointure — Legal term for land held jointly by man and wife. This form of tenure ensured that should the husband die first his wife could enjoy the estate until her death, rather than being subject to the whims of the heir. This could mean a long lived… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
appanage — Synonyms and related words: accession, accessories, accessory, accompaniment, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, annex, annexation, appanages, appendage, appendages, appendant, appointments,… … Moby Thesaurus
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endowment — Synonyms and related words: Altmann theory, DNA, De Vries theory, Galtonian theory, Mendelianism, Mendelism, RNA, TLC, Verworn theory, Weismann theory, Weismannism, Wiesner theory, abilities, ability, accommodation, accordance, accouterment,… … Moby Thesaurus
