Jointure is valid Scrabble Word

Is jointure a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is jointure valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

8 letters word
15 points in Scrabble
19 points in WWF

Definitions for JOINTURE in dictionary:

VERB:

to settle a jointure on
To settle a jointure upon.

NOUN:

an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lien of a dower.
A joining; a joint.
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband\'s decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
the act of making or becoming a single unit
provision made by a husband for his wife after his death

OTHER DEFINITIONS:

to set aside property as an inheritance
provision made by a husband for his wife by settling property upon her at marriage for her use after his death

Words related to JOINTURE

jointured17 jointures16 jointuress17 jointuresses19 jointuring18

Words that contain JOINTURE

jointured17 jointures16 jointuress17 jointuresses19

How to use JOINTURE in a sentence

He did not want his wife stript of her jointure, or his children, if he had any, left without bread.
A Kerry gentleman had an estate of L1200 rent roll, with a mortgage of L8000 which involved charges of L400 a year, a jointure tithes and head rent took L400 more.
Ministers embraced this opportunity of proposing an increase of L6,000 per annum to his income, as well as L3,000 as a jointure to his consort.
The jointure was soon settled by the intervention of friends, and the day came in which Miss Gentle was made mine for ever.
She has had since she came to Town about twenty five of those Lovers, who make their Addresses by way of Jointure and Settlement.
He could see now that he should have demanded her whole income, and have allowed her little or no jointure.
The jointure of the arms at the shoulder looked feeble.
She had of late looked chiefly to her jointure for all the luxuries which were so necessary to her life.
Sir Edward and Lady Elizabeth went to law about her jointure.
My lady, in sullen dignity, took her daughter and went straight to her jointure house at the other extremity of the village.

The Grange, the jointure house of the Dowager Lady Kingsland, stood, like all such places, isolated and alone, at the furthest extremity of the village.

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