37:2-17.1 - Covenants by married woman; effect - New-jersey Statutes

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37:2-17.1. Covenants by married woman; effect
In any deed made after March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by any married woman of full age, who joins with her husband in executing said deed, of any lands or of any estate therein, it shall be lawful for her to enter into any covenant as to the title of the lands thereby conveyed, or against encumbrances thereon, or warranting the same; provided, that such covenants, except so far as relates to land, or some interest therein owned by her in her own right, shall have no greater or other effect than to estop her and all persons claiming as her heirs, or by or through her in the same manner as if she were a single woman.

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37:2-17.1. Covenants by married woman; effect
In any deed made after March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by any married woman of full age, who joins with her husband in executing said deed, of any lands or of any estate therein, it shall be lawful for her to enter into any covenant as to the title of the lands thereby conveyed, or against encumbrances thereon, or warranting the same; provided, that such covenants, except so far as relates to land, or some interest therein owned by her in her own right, shall have no greater or other effect than to estop her and all persons claiming as her heirs, or by or through her in the same manner as if she were a single woman.

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37:2-17.1. Covenants by married woman; effect
In any deed made after March twentieth, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, by any married woman of full age, who joins with her husband in executing said deed, of any lands or of any estate therein, it shall be lawful for her to enter into any covenant as to the title of the lands thereby conveyed, or against encumbrances thereon, or warranting the same; provided, that such covenants, except so far as relates to land, or some interest therein owned by her in her own right, shall have no greater or other effect than to estop her and all persons claiming as her heirs, or by or through her in the same manner as if she were a single woman.