She had a fine jointure settled upon her, and took herself away to the great joy of the tenantry.
It's a fair speculation, then, for you to consider what the chance of the jointure on those lands, when out of custodiam, will be to you.
And he could settle a jointure on her which would leave the property not worth having.
For the rest you have your jointure as my widow; and my grandmother's large fortune, which descended to me, I have bequeathed to you in my will.
The likelihood is, that your mother's jointure will be the utmost we can save from the wreck.
His affairs were now in a sad state of embarrassment, for he obtained but a slender jointure with his wife; and, to retrieve them, he once again turned his attention to the stage.
By this account, madam, you have but two thousand pounds fortune, and not a shilling more--and you insist upon having three hundred pounds a year jointure for it.
But, uncle, for the jointure you have made her I hope you'll not retract.
Sir, there Is one thing more: I hear you have a nephew You mean to make your heir; I hope you will Settle some jointure on me.
What is the use of a coronet with the jointure of a tradesman's wife?
Your jointure is five hundred pound by year, Besides your plate, your chains, and household-stuff, When envious fate shall change this mortal life.
Should her husband die, Mary was to be at liberty either to remain in France or return to Scotland, with an assurance that her jointure would be always duly paid her.
But, if he pleases, the jointure may be made from my own estate; leaving to his Lordship's goodness the alternative.
My lady” was the beautiful and youthful Felicia Sneyd, the second wife, and then widow of Sir Edward Fitton, who resided at the hall, her jointure house.
It would appear that Lady Mar was allowed by the favour of the court, and probably through the interest of her relatives, a jointure of £500 a-year over the estates which were forfeited from her husband.
In another kind of snail, a few days before rain appears a large and deep indentation, beginning at the head between the horns, and ending with the jointure at the shells.
Sir Walter Raleigh expressly says, "the old Countess had held her jointure from all the Earls of Desmond since the time of Edward IV.
Lord Huntingtower wrote to offer his father eight thousand pounds of Charlotte's fortune, if he would give them one thousand a-year in present, and settle a jointure on her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "jointure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
