jointure
/join-cher/US // ˈdʒɔɪn tʃər //UK // (ˈdʒɔɪntʃə) //
接合处,接合点,接合,接缝
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n.名词 noun
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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.
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Examples
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.
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