LEGAL JOINTURE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

jointure; legal jointure

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("legal jointure" is a kind of...):

estate (everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)