jointure - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • make: Blagrave, to enable him to make a Jointure to his now Wife.
  • settle: They marry wives with perhaps 300 pounds to 1,000 pounds portion, and can settle no jointure upon them.

Modifies a noun

  • house: Martin ) resided with her family in a small jointure house within the grounds.

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