jointure

A noun referring to a legal arrangement where property or an estate is secured for a wife as part of a marriage settlement, often in place of a dower; it can also refer to the act of joining or uniting separate parts into a single unit.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un acuerdo legal por el cual se asignan bienes o una propiedad a la esposa en el marco de un contrato matrimonial, a menudo en lugar de la dote viudal; también puede referirse al acto de unir o combinar partes separadas en un todo.

1. Marriage property settlement C1 formal british legal

   An estate or property secured to a woman as part of a marriage agreement, serving as a lifetime provision instead of a dower.

   • The couple signed a jointure deed before the wedding.
   • Her jointure included the family estate and several acres of land.
   • The lawyer explained that the jointure would provide for her if she became widowed.
   • Under the old law, a jointure was often negotiated as part of the marriage contract.

   🇪🇸Señalamiento de bienes para la esposa

   Sinónimos: marriage settlementprovisionsettlement

2. Union or joining B2 formal

   The act or process of making or becoming a single unit; a combining together.

   • The jointure of the two river branches created a wide stream.
   • The merger represented a jointure of the two corporate cultures.
   • Their artistic jointure resulted in a unique fusion of styles.
   • The seamless jointure of the metal parts required skilled welding.

   🇪🇸Unión o unificación

   Sinónimos: combinationconjunctionconnectionjoiningjunctionunion

   Antónimos: disconnectiondissociationdisuniondivisionseparation

• jointures plural form
• jointures' possessive plural form
• jointure's possessive singular form