jointure 的定义
Law.
- an estate or property settled on a woman in consideration of marriage, to be owned by her after her husband's death.
- Obsolete. a joint tenancy limited in favor of a husband and wife.
jointure 近义词
等同于 graft
更多jointure例句
- She must have a handsome jointure; but what are your grounds?'
- A woman with a good jointure is a doosid deal easier a profession than the law, let me tell you.
- But now that all this great Beaufort property is at my own disposal, I must think of Kate's jointure.
- Her jointure was narrow, and she had only got her motor-car by the simple expedient of ordering it but not paying for it.
- Mrs. Hare must have her jointure house elsewhere, for we shall want the Grove for ourselves.