jointure

1. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower (synset 113285241)
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: estate - everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities
   same as: legal jointure
2. The act of making or becoming a single unit (synset 100382488)
   "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
   is a type of: combination, combining, compounding - the act of combining things to form a new whole
   subtypes:

   • coalescence, coalescency, coalition, concretion, conglutination - the union of diverse things into one body or form or group; the growing together of parts
   • reunification, reunion - the act of coming together again
   • tribalisation, tribalization - the act of making tribal; unification on a tribal basis
   • umbrella - having the function of uniting a group of similar things
   same as: conjugation, unification, union, uniting

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