Noun
- 1. jointure, legal jointure, estate
- usage: (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
- 2. union, unification, uniting, conjugation, jointure, combination, combining, compounding
- usage: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
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