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    When dower barred by pecuniary provisions
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    Election between devise and dower
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    SECTION 199

    When widow to elect between jointure and dower

    Real Property (RPP) CHAPTER 50, ARTICLE 6

    § 199. When widow to elect between jointure and dower. If, before the
    marriage, but without her assent, or, if after the marriage, real
    property is given or assured for the jointure of a wife, or a pecuniary
    provision is made for her, in lieu of dower, she must make her election
    whether she will take the jointure or pecuniary provision, or be endowed
    of the lands of her husband; but she is not entitled to both.