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TITLE I
CHAPTER 189
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PART II
REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS
(Chapters 183 through 210)
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TITLE I
TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY
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CHAPTER 189
DOWER AND CURTESY
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Section 1
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Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 8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 land redeemed from mortgage
Section 5
Repealed, 1971, 423, Sec. 11
Section 6
Effect of signature of married minor woman
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Repealed, 1979, 402, Sec. 1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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