A jointure is a legal term for the estate left to a wife after the death of her husband, paid for by the husband’s family either in land or income until her death.
Jointure Quotes in Tristram Shandy
The Tristram Shandy quotes below are all either spoken by Jointure or refer to Jointure. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3: Chapters 29-35
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I define a nose, as follows,—intreating only beforehand, and beseeching my readers, both male and female, of what age, complexion, and condition soever, for the love of God and their own souls, to guard against the temptations and suggestions of the devil, and suffer him by no art or wile to put any other ideas into their minds, than what I put into my definition.—For by the word Nose, throughout all this long chapter of noses, and in every other part of my work, where the word Nose occurs,—I declare, by that word I mean a Nose, and nothing more, or less.
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Jointure Term Timeline in Tristram Shandy
The timeline below shows where the term Jointure appears in Tristram Shandy. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Book 3: Chapters 29-35
...loss of Tristram’s nose. Tristram’s great-grandfather and great-grandmother argue viciously over the terms of their jointure. Tristram’s great-grandmother refuses to negotiate, continually pointing out that Tristram’s great-grandfather has “little or no...
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Chapter 33. Tristram’s grandmother complains to his grandfather about the jointure they pay. His grandfather only answers that his own father had no nose to speak...
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