1. jointure - Noun
2. jointure - Verb
A joining; a joint.
An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
To settle a jointure upon.
Source: Webster's dictionaryMrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world. Jane Austen
the union of opposing factions Source: Internet
he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays Source: Internet