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    When dower barred by misconduct
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    When dower barred by jointure
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    SECTION 196-A

    When dower barred by dissolution of marriage

    Real Property (RPP) CHAPTER 50, ARTICLE 6

    § 196-a. When dower barred by dissolution of marriage. In case of a
    dissolution of the marriage because of the absence of the wife for five
    successive years, as provided in section seven-a of the domestic
    relations law, she shall not be endowed.