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New York Real Property Law Section 202 - When Provision In Lieu Of Dower Is Forfeited.

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    § 202.  When provision in lieu of dower is forfeited. Every jointure,
  devise and pecuniary provision in lieu of  dower  is  forfeited  by  the
  woman  for whose benefit it is made in a case in which she would forfeit
  her dower; and on such forfeiture, an estate so conveyed  for  jointure,
  or  devised,  or a pecuniary provision so made, immediately vests in the
  person or legal representatives of the person in whom  they  would  have
  vested on the determination of her interest therein, by her death.

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