LSAT 23 | Section 4 | Reading Comprehension: Q10

RC Question 10 Explanation

DISCUSSION: Lines 42-48 mention this. If a widow had a dower and had inherited land, then she could have more money than her oldest son.

The wrong answers are missing at least one of these two elements.

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1. The widow would need an inheritance, too.
2. Daughters are irrelevant. All the money from the father’s inheritance goes to the eldest son, if there is a son.
3. The principle of primogeniture always applied if a son was alive. This adds nothing.
4. Lines 38-41 show that jointure helped widows become richer.
5. CORRECT. This has both the needed elements: inheritance and a dower. See lines 42-48.