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A woman having a jointure made shall not claim dower of the refidue of husband’s lands.
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V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whereas divers persons have purchased or have estate, made and conveyed, of and in divers lands, tenements or hereditaments, unto them and to their wives, and to the heire of the husband, or to the husband, and to the wife, and to the heires of their two bodies begotten, or to the heires of one of their bodies begotten, or to the husband and to the wife, for terme of their lives, or for terme of life of the said wife; or where any such estate or purchase of any lands, tenements or hereditaments, hath been, or hereafter shall be made to any husband and to his wife, in manner and forme above expressed, or to any other person or persons, and to their heires and assignes, to the use and behoof of the said husband and wife, or to the use of the wife, as is before rehearsed, for the joynture of the wife; that then in every such case, every woman married having such joynture made, or hereafter to be made, shall not clayme nor have title to have any dower of the residue of the lands, tenements or hereditaments, that at any time were her said husbands, by whom she hath any such joynture, nor shall demaund nor clayme her dower, of and against them that have the lands and inheritances of her said husband; but if she have no such joynture, then she shalbe admitted and enabled to pursue, have and demaund, her dower by writ of dower, after the due course and order of the common lawes of this realme; this act, or any law or provision made to the contrary thereof notwithstanding.
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