Synonyms for jointure
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : join-cher |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɔɪn tʃər |
Définition of jointure
Origin :- late 14c., "act or fact of being joined," from Old French jointure "a putting together," from Latin iunctura "a joining, juncture" (see juncture). Specific legal sense from mid-15c.
- As in graft : noun transplant
- "But if my Lady Rackrent dies, there's an end of all jointure," says Jason.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- "You will do me the favour, mother, to accept of this addition to your jointure," said he.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- And I am confident he will make my jointure every thing, and more than every thing, I could desire.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 5 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- The Castle of Montargis is my jointure; at Orleans there is no house.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
- So skillfully is this done that it is impossible to detect the lines of jointure.
- Extract from : « Legends of Wailuku » by Charlotte Hapai
- I began to be of the same opinion;—but then there was the jointure.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)
- The likelihood is, that your mother's jointure will be the utmost we can save from the wreck.
- Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- As to any provision for her, it must have taken the form of a settlement, a jointure, or a dower.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
- To Katharine, his wife, if she claimed no jointure, an annuity of £13 6s.
- Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
- She was an Irish peer's widow, with a jointure of L2000 a year.
- Extract from : « Kenelm Chillingly, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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