N.Y. Real Property Actions & Proceedings Law § 1041: Interlocutory judgment for admeasurement

§ 1041. Interlocutory judgment for admeasurement. If the defendant

makes default in appearing or pleading or if the right of the plaintiff

to dower is not disputed by the answer, or if it appears, by the

verdict, report, or decision upon a trial, that the plaintiff is

entitled to dower in the real property described in the complaint an

interlocutory judgment must be rendered which, except as otherwise

prescribed in this article, must direct that the plaintiff's dower in

the property, particularly describing it, be admeasured by a referee,

designated in the judgment, or by three reputable and disinterested

freeholders, designated therein, as commissioners for that purpose.