Definition of Jointure. Meaning of Jointure. Synonyms of Jointure

- Jointure was a legal concept used largely in late mediaeval and early modern Britain, denoting the estate given to a married couple by the husband's family...
- The South Bergen Jointure Commission is a special education public school district based in Hasbrouck Heights on New Jersey Route 17 South in Hasbrouck...
- Anne's financial position changed in England when she was awarded a new jointure estate based on lands, manors, and parks which had previously been given...
- Childeric II. There he established the monastery Juncturae (Jointures). He placed Jointures under the Rule of Saint Columban, later replaced by the Rule...
- bestowed on Queen Catherine Parr as a lifetime grant, included in her jointure. She died in 1548 at Sudeley, and in her will she left everything to her...
- from both her husbands' jointures amounted to £3,000 annually, to which came plate and movables worth £6,000. However, her jointure was to suffer greatly...
- Charles Finch, 4th Earl of Winchilsea PC (26 September 1672 – 16 August 1712) was a British peer and Member of Parliament, styled Viscount Maidstone until...
- Maria were souring the early years of their marriage. Disputes over her jointure, appointments to her household, and the practice of her religion culminated...
- support the wife and children. Another legal provision for widowhood was jointure, in which property, often land, would be held in joint tenancy, so that...
- four counties as well as a number of forests and hunting chases for her jointure, the income to support her during their marriage. She was publicly proclaimed...