General Laws

[ Text of section effective until March 31, 2012. Repealed by 2008, 521, Sec. 10. See 2008, 521, Sec. 44 as amended by 2010, 409, Sec. 23 and 2011, 224.]

  Section 17. A husband shall not be entitled to his curtesy in addition to the provisions of his wife's will, nor a widow to her dower in addition to the provisions of her husband's will, unless such plainly appears by the will to have been the intention of the testator.