jointure

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As to the Duchess, she has a particular Reason for being so fond of Luneville, it being the City assign'd her for her Jointure.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume III Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels from Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

Marry her? she'll have a mighty Bargain of that, marry a Beggar, what Jointure canst thou make her?

From The Stolen Heiress or, The Salamanca Doctor Outplotted by Centlivre, Susanna

This Pallas dying not many Days after, his two Wives went to Law for their Jointure.

From The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II Being the Observations He Made in His Late Travels From Prussia thro' Germany, Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, England, &C. in Letters to His Friend. Discovering Not Only the Present State of the Chief Cities and Towns; but the Characters of the Principal Persons at the Several Courts. by P?llnitz, Karl Ludwig von

With five hundred pounds a year Jointure, Sir.

From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Summers, Montague

Really, Madam, I'm o' your Opinion, I'd have Petticoat- Government pass thro' the Nation; the Ladies shou'd possess the Estates, and make their Husbands a Jointure.

From The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Baker, Thomas, fl. 1700-1709