The Spouse That Roared: - Agents National Title Insurance ...

Curtesy and dower abolished -- The estates of curtesy and dower are hereby abolished, but any such estate now vested is not affected by this code.), where the wife was not in title and had not signed the contract, specific performance without the wife was permitted at the election of the purchaser, who was entitled to a reduction in the purchase price equal to the value of the wife’s dower interest computed on the basis of mortality tables, the reduction in purchase price being contingent ... ................
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