2010 New York Code
RPP - Real Property
Article 6 - (189 - 207) DOWER AND CURTESY
203 - Effect of acts of husband.

§ 203. Effect of acts of husband. An act, deed or conveyance, executed
  or performed by the husband without the assent of his wife, evidenced by
  her  acknowledgment  thereof,  in the manner required by law to pass the
  contingent right of dower of a married woman, or a  judgment  or  decree
  confessed by or recovered against him, or any laches, default, covin, or
  crime  of  a  husband,  does  not prejudice the right of his wife to her
  dower or jointure, or preclude her from the recovery thereof.

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