On April 16, 1952 the date his wife executed a will, the appellant husband executed a waiver of his right of election. The statute (Decedent Estate Law, § 18, subd. 9) provides that a husband or wife "may waive or release" the right of election to take "as against a particular last will, or as against any last will of the other spouse".
This language must necessarily be read as permitting...
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