jointure

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Joined even though the purported loving jointure may be mere stone-carver’s fantasy.

From Slate • May 28, 2012

At birth these bones are not completely joined, the jointure being fulfilled by membranes, which change into bone as the person grows older.

From Time Magazine Archive

By the terms of his will, his widow is left an interest in the London residence, a jointure worth about $5,000 annually and the residue of his personal property.

From Time Magazine Archive

Without either side wanting it, the battle seemed on its way to jointure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dower, dow′ėr, n. a jointure, that part of the husband's property which his widow enjoys during her life—sometimes used for Dow′ry.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various