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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 189. — DOWER AND CURTESY.
- Section 1. Dower and curtesy; nature of estate; claiming of right.
- Section 1A — 2. Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 8.
- Section 3. Right to dower in wild land.
- Section 4. Dower in mortgaged land against other than mortgagee.
- Section 5. Repealed — 1971, 423, Sec. 11.
- Section 6. Effect of signature of married minor women.
- Section 7. Barring of dower by jointure before marriage.
- Section 8. Barring of dower by pecuniary provision in lieu of dower.
- Section 9. Election by spouse to waive jointure or pecuniary provision.
- Section 10. Assignment of spouse's interest.
- Section 11. Manner of assignment.
- Section 12. Partition of land owned by deceased spouse as tenant in common.
- Section 13. Occupancy by surviving spouse without assignment.
- Section 14 — 15. Repealed, 1979, 402, Sec. 1.
- Section 16. Notice of claim; effect of recording.
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