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Subject:	Re: Query regarding a property transaction
From:	Paula Wiegand <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:27:41 -0400
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At 10:05 AM 10/16/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>That's a "polite" way of putting it!  From a 21st century woman's eye, I
>agree with the initial "nefarious" assessment...it's a rip off!

What?? In what way is it a rip off?

Dower rights were one of the few protections a woman had and the
commonwealth was seeking to uphold that right.

Paula Wiegand
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