New York Real Property Law Section 204 - Widow's Quarantine.

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    § 204.  Widow's  quarantine. A widow may remain in the chief house of
  her husband forty days after his death,  whether  her  dower  is  sooner
  assigned  to  her or not, without being liable to any rent for the same;
  and in the meantime she may have her reasonable sustenance  out  of  the
  estate of her husband.

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