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Definition of Jointured
1. Adjective. (context: of an estate) Bequeathed to a wife through jointure. ¹
2. Adjective. (context: of a wife) Supplied with an estate through jointure. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jointured
1. jointure [v] - See also: jointure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jointured
Literary usage of Jointured
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Abridgment of Law and Equity: Alphabetically Digested Under Proper by Charles Viner (1791)
"... that all his lands (except the lands charged with the 5000!. which were partly
jointured on his wife, ..."
2. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1904)
"... whatsoever under this my will: and whereas my jointured estates, lands, ...
was my mind in regard to the said jointured land so by me redeemed from, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: From by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Robert Henley Northington, Robert Henley Eden Henley (1839)
"... entered upon the jointured part of the estate; and claiming to be entitled
thereto under the settlement of 1692 (the prior limitations being spent, ..."
4. Notes of Opinions and Judgements Delivered in Different Courts by John Eardley Wilmot (1802)
"... in making a difference between Infants jointured before their Marriage, and
Women jointured after their Marriage, ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1898)
"... and commenced another, Hill Hall, Theydon Mount, Essex, with which his second
wife wns jointured. As a classical scholar Smith was the rival of Cheke, ..."
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