Section 17 Curtesy or dower; rights in lieu of taking under will
[Text of section effective until July 1, 2011. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 10. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44.]
Section 17. A husband shall not be entitled to his curtesy in addition to the provisions of his wife’s will, nor a widow to her dower in addition to the provisions of her husband’s will, unless such plainly appears by the will to have been the intention of the testator.
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