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Definition of Jointures
1. jointure [v] - See also: jointure
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jointures
Literary usage of Jointures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Property Arising from the Relation Between Husband by Roper Stote Donnison Roper, Edward Jacob (1826)
"CHAPTER X. ON THE PREVENTION OF DOWER BY jointures. HAVING in the last chapter
traced the widow's title to dower through its various stages until she ..."
2. A Digest of the Laws of England Respecting Real Property by William Cruise (1827)
"jointures which require the Acceptance of the Widow. 26. Cases where the widow
takes the 7. ... Equitable jointures. 31. Who may limit a Jointure. 15. ..."
3. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"10 Modern law of jointures.—The use of jointures is not so common now in England
as formerly, nor are they frequently met with in the United States. ..."
4. A Treatise on the Law of Real Property by William Francis Walsh (1915)
"F-—jointures and Testamentary Provisions in Lie;i of ... In order to prevent
wives from taking both the jointures made for their benefit, in lieu of dower, ..."
5. Baron and Feme: A Treatise of Law and Equity, Concerning Husbands and Wives. (1738)
"Statute of a " H. 8. cap. jo. of jointures. ... of jointures, IT was a Rule at
Common Law, that a Right or Title, which any had to any Lands or/ Tenements ..."
6. An Introduction to Conveyancing, and the New Statutes Concerning Real by William Hayes (1840)
"If the estate be consi- powers to ap- ° ' point jointures derable, it is usual
to insert powers enabling the tenants for life to provide, under proper ..."
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