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
The jointure assigned by it to the Queen, provided her husband died King of France, is 60,000 livres, or a greater sum, if a greater had ever been given to a Queen of France.
From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Henry Glassford Bell
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