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2012 New York Consolidated Laws
RPP - Real Property
Article 6 - (189 - 207) DOWER AND CURTESY
204 - Widow's quarantine.
NY Real Prop L § 204 (2012) What's This?
§ 204. Widow's quarantine. A widow may remain in the chief house of her husband forty days after his death, whether her dower is sooner assigned to her or not, without being liable to any rent for the same; and in the meantime she may have her reasonable sustenance out of the estate of her husband.
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