jointure
Widow's property settlement
Jointure is a legal arrangement providing a widow with property or income from her husband's estate after his death.
The term belongs to older property law, when a jointure was settled on a wife at marriage to ensure her support if widowed: Her jointure included the country house and two thousand a year.
The word appears mainly in historical fiction and legal history.
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
- widowhoodStatus after spouse dies
- survivorshipState of remaining alive
- provisionPreparatory supply or clause
endowment · lifelong · annuity · predecease · consort · pension · maintenance · support
Preparatory supply or clause
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
- trustConfidence in another
allocation · stipulation · conveyance · deed · contract · benefaction · portion · award
Legal property transfer process
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
- encumbranceHindrance or legal claim
tenure · freehold · leasehold · usufruct · covenant · vesting · easement · lien
Legal union of spouses
betrothal · wedding · prenuptial · matrimonial · consort · match · engagement · vows
Property and grounds
- landEarth's solid surface
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- holdingsProperty one owns
- realtyImmovable property ownership
freehold · leasehold · tenement · domain · homestead · acreage · grounds · residence
Gift left by will
- legacyWhat's passed down
- heirOne who receives legacy
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- estateProperty and grounds
patrimony · succession · entailment · beneficiary · testament · devise · probate · intestate
widow
Bereaved wife, unmarried since
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
- widowhoodStatus after spouse dies
- survivorshipState of remaining alive
provision · endowment · lifelong · annuity · predecease · consort · pension · maintenance · support · settlement
provision
Preparatory supply or clause
- endowmentPermanent donated fund
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- agreementShared position between parties
trust · allocation · stipulation · conveyance · deed · contract · benefaction · portion · award · grant
conveyancing
Legal property transfer process
- deedWritten property conveyance
- titleFormal honorific or name
- equityImpartial treatment or ownership value
encumbrance · tenure · freehold · leasehold · usufruct · covenant · vesting · easement · lien · escrow
matrimony
Legal union of spouses
bride · betrothal · wedding · prenuptial · matrimonial · consort · match · engagement · vows · ceremony
estate
Property and grounds
realty · freehold · leasehold · tenement · domain · homestead · acreage · grounds · residence · mansion
bequest
Gift left by will
estate · patrimony · succession · entailment · beneficiary · testament · devise · probate · intestate · executor
jointuredisinheritance
Exclusion from inheritance
dispossession · deprivation · forfeiture · divestiture · escheat
jointureseparation
State of being apart
disunion · severance · disjunction · rift · cleft
join, joint, junction, rejoin, adjunct, enjoin, conjunction, juncture, rejoinder