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Definition of Jointresses
1. jointress [n] - See also: jointress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jointresses
Literary usage of Jointresses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Property Arising from the Relation Between Husband by Roper Stote Donnison Roper, Edward Jacob (1826)
"We shall next proceed to treat of the alienations by jointresses whose provisions
were given or settled upon them in tail, and the remedies provided against ..."
2. A Treatise on the Law of Husband and Wife, as Respects Property: Partly by John Edward Bright, b, Roper Stote Donnison Roper, Edward Jacob (1849)
"WE have already considered the effect of tortious conveyances under the old law
by jointresses for life, (a) (a) Ante, p. 467. VOL. ..."
3. History of the English Law: From the Time of the Saxons, to the End of the by John Reeves (1814)
"... of Profits — Alienation* of jointresses made void — Suits in Form& Pauperis
... jointresses ..."
4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"... effect done by the relative terms used ; and that shews that he only meant
the trustees to take estates during the lives of the respective jointresses. ..."
5. Commentaries on the Laws of England by William Blackstone, William Carey Jones (1915)
"extend to jointresses; and so, vice versa, jointresses are in some respects more
privileged than tenants in dower. Tenant in dower by the old common law is ..."
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