jointures in a sentence
Examples
- Elizabeth inherited a great fortune upon James'death, possessing a jointure of ?, 000 and 5, 287 acres.
- This affected an arrangement he had made with his wife, assigning her some of the properties as part of her jointure.
- Non-payment, partial payment, or manipulation of mahr ( jointure ) is seen as the disruption of marriage contract.
- Mrs . Mumble finally agrees to provide him and his future wife a jointure as long as the threats of suicide discontinue.
- This meant that in practice, jointures could also be created by a post-nuptial settlement, provided the wife was willing.
- In 1974, a referendum was placed on the November ballot for Jointure, which was to form a library for both towns.
- The west wing of the building burned in 1944, and severed the jointure between North Huntingdon, Irwin and North Irwin Schools.
- Margaret also developed a personal estate on her jointure lands which eventually descended to her younger son, Richard, 1st Viscount Mountgarret.
- After her husband's death, she lived on her jointure in Plau am See, which Henry had promised to her.
- In 1623 Brend conveyed the property on which the Globe was built to his wife, Frances, as part of her jointure.