Jointure before marriage as bar to dower

§ 19–105. Jointure before marriage as bar to dower (a) Where real estate is conveyed to persons who intend to marry, or to one of them alone, or to a person and his heirs and assigns, to the use of persons who intend to marry, or to the use of one of them alone, for the purpose of creating for the latter person mentioned in either case a freehold estate for that person’s life at least, and with his assent before the marriage, to take effect in possession and profits immediately upon the death of the other, the jointure bars his right or claim of dower in all the real estate of the spouse. The assent of the person for whose benefit the estate is created is evidenced by that person’s becoming a party to the conveyance by which it is settled, or, if he is a minor, by his joining with the father or guardian thereof in the conveyance. (b) The jointure referred to in subsection (a) of this section is not a bar to dower unless it is expressly made and declared to be in satisfaction of the whole dower, and not of any particular part of it.