10.  One  joint  owner  of  land,  having  it  in  his  possession,  and
holding  and  claiming  it  as  his  own,  adversely  to  the  rights  of  the
other  joint  owners,  and  in  such  manner  as  to  apprise  them  of  the
adverse  character  of  his  possession,  for  a  period  of  twenty  years,
thereby  acquires  a  separate  right  to  it  available  against  his  co-
tenants  and  all  other  persons.  Bussell  v.  Marks,  3  Met.  45,
46.
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JOINTURE.
11.  If  a  tenant  in  common,  owning  three-fifths  of  several  slaves,
emancipate  them  by  his  will,  it  is  a  conversion  by  the  testator,  and
deprives  his  co-tenants  of  their  right  to  the  slaves,  and  converts
it  into  a  money  demand  against  his  estate.  Nunnally  v.  White,  3
Met.  593 ;  Tom  Davis  v.  Tingle,  8  B.  Mon.  544.
JOINTUEB.
1.  The  law  relating  to  jointure  has  not  been  changed  by  the
Eevised  Statutes,  and  property,  settled  on  the  wife  by  the  husband
in  his  lifetime,  will  not  be  a  bar  to  dower,  unless  it  be  expressed
to  be  in  lieu  of  dower.     Yancy  v.  8mith,  2  Met.  409,  410.
2.  Any  conveyance  or  devise  of  real  or  personal  estate,  which  is
intended  by  the  grantor  or  devisor  to  be  in  lieu  or  in  satisfaction
of  dower,  must  be  deemed  a  conveyance  or  devise  by  way  of
jointure.  Tevis  v.  McGreary,  3  Met.  153;  Yancy  v.  Smith,  2  Met.
410.
