1. Law.
   1. An arrangement by which a man sets aside property to be used for the support of his wife after his death.
   2. The property so designated.
2. The act of joining or the state of being joined.

[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin iūnctūra, joint. See juncture.]

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