legal jointure

English Thesaurus

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

hypernym	:	estate,
definition	:	everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities (noun.possession)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)