jointure (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 2 senses of the word *jointure*:
NOUN	possession	jointure, legal jointure	(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
NOUN	act	jointure, union, unification, uniting, conjugation	the act of making or becoming a single unit

English > *jointure*: 2 senses > noun 1, possession
Meaning	(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower.
Synonym	legal jointure
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	estate	Everything you own

English > *jointure*: 2 senses > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of making or becoming a single unit.
Synonyms	union, unification, uniting, conjugation
Narrower	coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination	The union of diverse things into one body or form or group
	reunion, reunification	The act of coming together again
	tribalization, tribalisation	The act of making tribal
	umbrella	Having the function of uniting a group of similar things
Broader	combination, combining, compounding	The act of combining things to form a new whole / whole
Opposite	disunion	The termination or destruction of union
Spanish	unificación, unión
Catalan	unificació, unió
Verbs	join	be or become joined or united or linked

HyperDic: jointure