1410 TESTAMENTARY LAW. [ART. 93.

Widows.

P. G. L., (1860,) art. 93, sec. 284 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 13, sec. 1.

291. Every devise of land or any estate therein, or bequest of
personal estate to the wife of the testator shall be construed to be
intended in bar of her dower in lands or share of the personal
estate, respectively, unless it be otherwise expressed in the will.

Ibid. sec. 285 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 13, sec. 2. 1831, ch. 315, sec. 2.

292. A widow shall be barred of her right of dower in land
or share in the personal estate by any such devise or bequest, unless
within six months after the first grant of administration upon her
husband's estate she shall deliver or transmit to the court or register
of wills where administration has been granted a written renunci-
ation in the following form, or to the following effect: "I, A. B.,
widow of ———, late of ———, deceased, do hereby renounce
and quit all claim to any bequest or devise made to me by the
last will of my husband, exhibited and proved according to law;
and I elect to take in lieu thereof my dower or legal share of the
estate of my said husband." But by renouncing all claim to a
devise or bequest, or devises or bequests, of personal property
made to her by the will of her husband, she shall be entitled to
one-third part of the personal estate of her husband which shall
remain after payment of his just claims against him, and no more.

Hutchins v. Hope, 2 G. & J. 256. Callis v Tolson, 6 G & J. 80. Jones v.
Sothoron, 10 G. & J 192. Carrington v. Rogers, 1 Gill, 403. Mayo v. Bland,
4 Md Ch. 484. Collins v. Carman, 5 Md 534. Hanson v. Worthington, 12 Md
438 Gough v Manning, 26 Md. 347 Hokamp v. Hagaman, 36 Md. 511.
Pindell v.Pindell, 40 Md. 537.

Ibid. sec. 286. 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch. 13, sec. 3.

293. If the will of the husband devise a part of both real and
personal estate she shall renounce the whole, or be otherwise
barred of her right to both real and personal estate.

Ibid.

Ibid. sec. 287 1798, ch. 101, sub-ch 13, sec. 4.

294. If the will devise only a part of the real estate, or only a
part of the personai estate, the devise shall bar her of only the real
or personal estate, as the case may require; provided, nevertheless,
that if the devise of either real or personal estate, or of both, shall