jointure
/ˈdʒɔɪntʃə(r)/noun
- Law an estate settled on a wife for the period during which she survives her husband, in lieu of a dower【律】寡妇所得产。
词源
Middle English （in the sense 'junction, joint'）： from Old French, from Latin junctura （see JUNCTURE）. In late Middle English the term denoted the joint holding of property by a husband and wife for life, whence the current sense.