 The widow of every deceased person shall be entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life of one-third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred...  A Treatise on Homestead and Exemption Laws - Page 469by Seymour Dwight Thompson - 1878 - 817 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Nebraska, Guy Ashton Brown - 1885 - 944 pages
...DECEDENTS. SECTION 1. [Dower.] — The widow of every deceased person shall be entitled to dower, or the use, during her natural life, of one-third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized, of all estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully bar»ed thereof.... | |
 | 1920 - 960 pages
...c. 41) provides that a wife shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof the deceased husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, and If an estate pur autre vie is not an estate of inheritance a widow is not entitled to dower. At... | |
 | 1885 - 548 pages
...Jones, 36 Ga. 97. In o-jr State the widow of every deceased person is entitled to a dower, or use for her natural life, of one-third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seised of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof,... | |
 | 1886 - 646 pages
...aside. In this State a widow is entitled to dower, or the use during her natural life of one- third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized...inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof. A mere dower interest is not sufficient to authorize the person entitled... | |
 | 1906 - 1172 pages
...part of all the lands, tenements and other real estate whereof her husband, or any other to his use, was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the coverture, to which she shall not have relinquished or released her right of dower by deed executed... | |
 | Lelia Josephine Robinson - 1886 - 612 pages
...child's share. Curtcsy and Dower. A widow is entitled to dower in all lands where her husband held an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof, with some minor exceptions. A widower takes for his life as tenant by the... | |
 | 1886 - 944 pages
...that the wife shall have dower in all the real estate of which her husband, or any other to his use, was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the coverture, to which she shall not have relinquished her right of dower by deed duly executed and acknowledged,... | |
 | United States - 1887 - 522 pages
...have all the powers of a court of equity. Dower rights. SEC. 18. (a) A widow shall be endowed of third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized...inheritance at any time during the marriage unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto. Widow of alien. (b) The widow of any alien who at the... | |
 | 1916 - 1350 pages
...husband [the wifp] shall be entitled to one-third part of the husband's personal property absolutely, and onethird part of all the lands whereof her husband...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage for her life, unless the same shall have been so relinquished by her in legal form.' But the husband,... | |
 | Dugald J. Bannatyne - 1887 - 652 pages
...female can bequeath personal property at the age of sixteen years. A widow is endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage. The widow of an alien who at the time of his death was entitled by law to hold any real estate, if... | |
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