 A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto.  New Light on Mormonism - Page 159by Ellen E. Dickinson - 1885 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Law - 1886 - 646 pages
...be set 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...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she is lawfully barred thereof. A mere dower interest is not sufficient to authorize the person... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1890 - 1148 pages
...sections referred to are as follows, (sections 1, 4-6, of the dower act, vol.3, p. 31:) "Section 1. A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof her husband was seised of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage." "Sec. 4. Where a person, seised... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 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 - Law - 1887 - 522 pages
...shall 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...estate of 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... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 1350 pages
...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 was seized...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,... | |
 | Illinois - Law - 1887 - 2194 pages
...General Assembly, That the estate of curtesy is hereby abolished, and the surviving husband or wife shall be endowed of the third part of all the lands whereof the deceased husband or wife was seized of an estate of inheritance, at any time during the marriage,... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 852 pages
...for tho purposes of this section said court shall have all tho powers of a court of equity. SEC. 18. (a) A widow shall be endowed of the third part of...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless she shall have lawfully released her right thereto. (b) The widow of any alien who at the time... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 700 pages
...them and the facts in this case, there was no such intention. The statutes of this State provide that "a widow shall be endowed of the third part of all...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage, unless the same shall have been relinquished in legal form;" and provide that such legal form shall... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1218 pages
...must first have in mind what dower is, according to the New York statute. The Revised Statutes say: "A widow shall be endowed of the third part of all...estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage." This is the only provision of our laws concerning dower which is pertinent to the present discussion.... | |
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