{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-law-197","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Real Property Law § 197","heading":"When dower barred by jointure","body":"§ 197. When dower barred by jointure. Where an estate in real property\nis conveyed to a person and his intended wife, or to the intended wife\nalone, or to a person in trust for them or for the intended wife alone,\nfor the purpose of creating a jointure for her, and with her assent, the\njointure bars her right or claim of dower in all the lands of the\nhusband. The assent of the wife to such a jointure is evidenced, if she\nbe of full age, by her becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is\nsettled; if she be a minor, by her joining with her father or guardian\nin that conveyance.","path":["Real Property Law","Article 6. Dower and Curtesy"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/RPP/197","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"36b1258bf59d1044979d1cedfa4181c90779a735c95f4952a13d7a5ffdee9d5b","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-law-196-a","next":"us-ny/n.y.-real-property-law-198"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}