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Administration Act 1903
16Courtesy and dower abolished
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16. Courtesy and dower abolished
No person shall become entitled to or take any estate by courtesy or right of dower, or any equivalent estate, after the coming into operation of this Act, out of real estate as to which any person dies intestate.