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Jointure

Jointure is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir Edward Coke, it is "a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands or tenements, to take effect presently in possession or profit after the death of her husband for the life of the wife at least, if she herself be not the cause of determination or forfeiture of it': (Co. Litt. 36b).

Some articles on jointure:

Lettice Knollys - Litigation and Old Age
... Some of the Countess of Leicester's jointure manors lay in the castle's vicinity, while at the same time they had been assigned to the younger Dudley's inheritance ... legal proceedings ensued over whether particular parts of Lady Leicester's jointure belonged to the Kenilworth estate or not ... had been bigamous, but would also have nullified her jointure rights ...

Norwin High School
... and the borough of Irwin and North Irwin signed a Jointure, combining the three schools ... The west wing of the building burned in 1944, and severed the jointure between North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin Schools ... In 1950, a new West Wing was built, and in 1958 the Jointure between Irwin, North Irwin, and North Huntingdon was reinstated ...

List Of Acts Of The Parliament Of England, 1660–1699 - 1690-1699 - 1692 (4 Will. & Mar.) - Private Acts
33 Alexander Popham's estate jointure for wife and provision for children upon receipt of £12,000 portion to be applied for payment of debts. 6 Anthony Danby's estate settling a jointure on his wife and making provision for his brothers and younger children and for payment of debts. 7 Enabling Sir John Wentworth (an infant) to make a jointure out of and settle his manors and lands in Yorkshire, York and Westmorland ...

List Of Acts Of The Parliament Of England, 1660–1699 - 1690-1699 - 1691 (3 Will. & Mar.) - Private Acts
13 Enabling the Earl of Winchelsea to settle a jointure on any wife he marries during his minority. 8 Settling a jointure on Jane Matthews ...

Jointure
... Jointure is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband ... A jointure is of two kinds, legal and equitable ... A legal jointure was first authorized by the Statute of Uses ...