Michigan Laws 558.3 – Dower in mortgaged lands; mortgage before marriage
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 558.3
- Dower: A widow
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
When a person seized of an estate of inheritance in lands, shall have executed a mortgage of such estate before marriage, his widow shall be entitled to a dower out of the lands mortgaged, as against every person except the mortgagee and those claiming under him.