§ 189. Estate of curtesy abolished. The common law estate by the curtesy in the real property of a wife dying after the thirty-first day of August, nineteen hundred and thirty, and all its incidents, are hereby abolished.

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Terms Used In N.Y. Real Property Law 189

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.