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Page vii
... Dower . 8. Lease . 9. Mortgage . 10. Joint interest in land . 11. Descent . 12. Will or devise . 13 . 14 . 15 . Alienation of property . Modes of conveyance . Capacity of feme covert to convey . 16. Liability of land for debt . ulation ...
... Dower . 8. Lease . 9. Mortgage . 10. Joint interest in land . 11. Descent . 12. Will or devise . 13 . 14 . 15 . Alienation of property . Modes of conveyance . Capacity of feme covert to convey . 16. Liability of land for debt . ulation ...
Page xix
... Dower . The estate which the widow acquires by law , in a certain por- tion of her husband's real property , after his death , for the sup- port and maintenance , is called dower . It is derived from the Germans , who when they ...
... Dower . The estate which the widow acquires by law , in a certain por- tion of her husband's real property , after his death , for the sup- port and maintenance , is called dower . It is derived from the Germans , who when they ...
Page xx
... dower . The Saxons , like all the other German nations were well acqutained with the custom of dower ; and a widow among them was entitled to a moiety of her husband's property for her life , but which she forfeited by a second marriage ...
... dower . The Saxons , like all the other German nations were well acqutained with the custom of dower ; and a widow among them was entitled to a moiety of her husband's property for her life , but which she forfeited by a second marriage ...
Page xxi
... dower attaching upon all the lands whereof the husband was seised at any time during the coverture , is , in point of fact , of little or no use , unless the husband dies seised ; for it is in practice , almost universally extinguished ...
... dower attaching upon all the lands whereof the husband was seised at any time during the coverture , is , in point of fact , of little or no use , unless the husband dies seised ; for it is in practice , almost universally extinguished ...
Page xxii
... dower in it , on the principle that the hus- band was never seised of any estate in the land of which the widow could be endowed . In Pennsylvania , the title dower , does not apply to lands of the husband sold on judicial process ...
... dower in it , on the principle that the hus- band was never seised of any estate in the land of which the widow could be endowed . In Pennsylvania , the title dower , does not apply to lands of the husband sold on judicial process ...
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