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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 3B:28-11

  • Dower: A widow
  • Estate: means all of the property of a decedent, minor or incapacitated individual, trust or other person whose affairs are subject to this title as the property is originally constituted and as it exists from time to time during administration. See New Jersey Statutes 3B:1-1
N.J.S. 3A:36-3 is saved from repeal. As provided in this section, the court may direct sale as in partition of real estate where dower or curtesy cannot be assigned without prejudice to the owners; direct assignment of dower or curtesy from rents and profits, or order the real estate sold free from dower or curtesy, making compensation for the value thereof.

L.1981, c. 405, s. 3B:28-11, eff. May 1, 1982.