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PART II. REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS

TITLE I. TITLE TO REAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 186. ESTATES FOR YEARS AND AT WILL

Chapter 186: Section 2. Assignment of dower

Section 2. If dower as defined in section one of chapter one hundred and eighty-nine is assigned out of such land, the husband or widow and his or her assigns shall pay to the owner of the unexpired residue of the term one third of the rent reserved in the lease under which the wife or husband held the term.