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Chapter 558 - ESTATES IN DOWER
R.S. of 1846 ‑ Revised Statutes of 1846 (558.1 - 558.29)
     R‑S‑1846‑558‑1‑66 ‑ CHAPTER 66 Chapter 66. Of estates in dower, by the curtesy, and general provisions concerning real estate. (558.1...558.29)
          R‑S‑1846‑558‑1‑66‑ESTATES‑IN‑DOWER ‑ ESTATES IN DOWER (558.1...558.29)
               Section 558.1 ‑ Right of widow to dower.
               Section 558.2 ‑ Dower in lands exchanged; election.
               Section 558.3 ‑ Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage.
               Section 558.4 ‑ Dower in mortgaged lands; purchase money mortgage given after marriage.
               Section 558.5 ‑ Dower in surplus of proceeds from foreclosure of mortgage.
               Section 558.6 ‑ Dower in lands released by payment of mortgage.
               Section 558.7 ‑ Dower in aliened lands; estimation.
               Section 558.12 ‑ Alternative dower rights before assignment; occupation, profits and rents receipts.
               Section 558.13 ‑ Barring of dower; joining in conveyance, release.
               Section 558.14 ‑ Barring of dower; jointure.
               Section 558.15 ‑ Barring of dower; expression of assent to jointure.
               Section 558.16 ‑ Barring of dower; antenuptial pecuniary provisions.
               Section 558.20 ‑ Renewal of dower.
               Section 558.21 ‑ Dower right of aliens and nonresidents.
               Section 558.22 ‑ Waste liability; maintenance of tenements and appurtenances.
               Section 558.24 ‑ Damages upon recovery of dower; widow's rights.
               Section 558.25 ‑ Damages upon recovery of dower; measure.
               Section 558.26 ‑ Damages upon recovery of dower; use of added improvements.
               Section 558.27 ‑ Damages upon recovery of dower; against heir alienating land.
               Section 558.28 ‑ Assignment of dower; effect of acceptance.
               Section 558.29 ‑ Collusive recovery by widow; effect on rights of infants or others entitled to land.
Act 63 of 1847 ‑ DUAL CLAIM TO, OR DISCHARGE OF, DOWER (558.52 - 558.52)
     Section 558.52 ‑ Dower claimed by two or more widows; liability of land to claims after discharge of dower.
Act 187 of 1899 ‑ Repealed-BARRING OF DOWER OR HOMESTEAD (558.71 - 558.71)
Act 58 of 1917 ‑ FILING OF CLAIM OF DOWER (558.81 - 558.82)
     Section 558.81 ‑ Claim of dower; filing, contents.
     Section 558.82 ‑ Claim of dower; effect of failure to file.
Act 105 of 1939 ‑ FILING OF CLAIM OF DOWER (558.91 - 558.92)
     Section 558.91 ‑ Claim of dower; filing, contents.
     Section 558.92 ‑ Claim of dower; effect of failure to file.