jointure

1. The obligation to return the dowry and to pay the jointure ( ketubah) served as a good security against divorce on insufficient grounds.
   归还陪嫁和支付给媳妇应继承的遗产的义务，对理由不充足的离婚起了很好的担保作用。
2. CAPULET O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.
   凯普勒特蒙泰戈兄，把您的手给我；这是给我女儿的聘礼，因为我不能要求更多。
3. She has only her jointure, which will descend to her children.
   她只有她的寡妇所得产，而那会留给他的孩子们的。
4. When the WC content was of20%, the jointure strength between the compound layer and nodular iron reached the highest value.
   当WC含量为20%时，复合层与球墨铸铁的结合强度最高；
5. In the new historical condition, the change of the carders 'life-style follows its special rules. So grasping the rules and searching for the countermeasures is the key jointure in the construction of bettering the Party carders life-style.
   在新的历史条件下，干部生活作风的变化有其特殊规律，把握住这些规律，寻找对策，是当前搞好党的干部生活作风建设的关键。

noun

1. the act of making or becoming a single unit
   1. the union of opposing factions
   2. he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays

   Synonym:    unionunificationunitingconjugation

2. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower

   Synonym:    legal jointure