37:2-20 - Presumption of conveyance by widow of entire fee in real estate in certain cases - New-jersey Statutes

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37:2-20. Presumption of conveyance by widow of entire fee in real estate in certain cases
When the records disclose that the title to any real estate is vested partly in the husband, and partly in the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety, and the records further disclose a conveyance by the widow of the entire fee of the land, made after the death of the husband, there being no record of any grant or devise by the husband, or of his heirs, of his or their interest, if any, in such real estate, and such conveyance by the widow has been followed by possession by her grantee and successor in title, although not adverse in character, it shall be conclusively presumed that such widow, at the time of such conveyance, was seized of an entire estate in fee, and such conveyance shall be and is hereby validated and confirmed as effectual in law.

This section shall apply only to cases where the conveyance by the widow shall have been recorded at least sixty years before any action begun by anyone claiming under the husband.

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37:2-20. Presumption of conveyance by widow of entire fee in real estate in certain cases
When the records disclose that the title to any real estate is vested partly in the husband, and partly in the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety, and the records further disclose a conveyance by the widow of the entire fee of the land, made after the death of the husband, there being no record of any grant or devise by the husband, or of his heirs, of his or their interest, if any, in such real estate, and such conveyance by the widow has been followed by possession by her grantee and successor in title, although not adverse in character, it shall be conclusively presumed that such widow, at the time of such conveyance, was seized of an entire estate in fee, and such conveyance shall be and is hereby validated and confirmed as effectual in law.

This section shall apply only to cases where the conveyance by the widow shall have been recorded at least sixty years before any action begun by anyone claiming under the husband.

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37:2-20. Presumption of conveyance by widow of entire fee in real estate in certain cases
When the records disclose that the title to any real estate is vested partly in the husband, and partly in the husband and wife as tenants by the entirety, and the records further disclose a conveyance by the widow of the entire fee of the land, made after the death of the husband, there being no record of any grant or devise by the husband, or of his heirs, of his or their interest, if any, in such real estate, and such conveyance by the widow has been followed by possession by her grantee and successor in title, although not adverse in character, it shall be conclusively presumed that such widow, at the time of such conveyance, was seized of an entire estate in fee, and such conveyance shall be and is hereby validated and confirmed as effectual in law.

This section shall apply only to cases where the conveyance by the widow shall have been recorded at least sixty years before any action begun by anyone claiming under the husband.