N.Y. RPP Law § 191
This is the official text of N.Y. RPP Law § 191, part of New York’s RPP Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "RPP Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.
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Dower in lands exchanged
Official statutory text
§ 191. Dower in lands exchanged. If a husband seized of an estate of\ninheritance in lands, exchanges them for other lands, his widow shall\nnot have dower of both, but she must make her election, to be endowed of\nthe lands given, or of those taken, in exchange; and if her election be\nnot evinced by the commencement of an action to recover her dower of the\nlands given in exchange, within one year after the death of her husband,\nshe is deemed to have elected to take her dower of the lands received in\nexchange.\n
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