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Noun: jointure  joynchu(r)
  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

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