LEGAL JOINTURE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
   Synonym(s)
   • jointure (what does jointure mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) legal jointure is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • estate (what does estate mean?)