New Jersey Statutes 3A:36-2. Admeasurement
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3A:36-2
- Dower: A widow
- Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
- person: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
3A:36-2. A widow or widower entitled to dower or curtesy in real estate whereof her or his spouse died seized, an heir, devisee, or guardian of a minor or incapacitated person entitled to an estate in the real estate, or a purchaser thereof, may institute an action in the Superior Court for the assignment to the widow or widower of her or his dower or curtesy therein.
Amended 1991, c.91, s.149; 1997, c.379, s.1.