noun
- Law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower.
- synonyms: legal jointure
- The act of making or becoming a single unit.
- usage: "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"
- synonyms: union, unification, uniting, conjugation
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