Meaning and Translation of Jointure in Urdu Script and Roman Urdu with Definition, Wikipedia Reference,
| jointure | haq e zojiat | حق زوجيت | |
| jointure | mohar | مہر |
1. the act of making or becoming a single unit 2. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower |
Jointure is, in law, a provision for a wife after the death of her husband. As defined by Sir Edward Coke, it is "a competent livelihood of freehold for the wife, of lands or tenements, to take effect presently in possession or profit after the death of her husband for the life of the wife at least, if she herself be not the cause of determination or forfeiture of it': (Co. |
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