N.Y. Real Property Law § 197: When dower barred by jointure

§ 197. When dower barred by jointure. Where an estate in real property

is conveyed to a person and his intended wife, or to the intended wife

alone, or to a person in trust for them or for the intended wife alone,

for the purpose of creating a jointure for her, and with her assent, the

jointure bars her right or claim of dower in all the lands of the

husband. The assent of the wife to such a jointure is evidenced, if she

be of full age, by her becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is

settled; if she be a minor, by her joining with her father or guardian

in that conveyance.