| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - nerally prevailed not only in England but also in her colonies, including Massachusetts, at least as early as 1647.141 Immediately after the American Revolution, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted a gender-neutral spousal election statute that allowed the surviving spouse, in lieu of taking by will, to opt for a partial life estate in all properties, real and personal, which the deceased sp
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