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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 6 · Disseisors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 7 · Actual ouster; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 8 · Joint tenants; tenants in common; actions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 9 · Laws and rules governing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 10 · Pleas in answer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 11 · Parts or portions recoverable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 12 · Rents; profits; destruction or waste
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 13 · Measure of damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 14 · Use of improvements not element of damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 15 · Limitation of defendant's liability
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 16 · Improvements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 17 · Possession under supposedly good title; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 18 · Counterclaim
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 19 · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 228
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 20 · Limitation of allowances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 21 · Court assessments; postponements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 22 · Jury assessments; postponements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 23 · Resumption of procedure for assessment by jury
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 24 · Waiver of jury trial
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 25 · Assessment by assessors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 26 · Judgments to both parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 27 · Excess of improvements over rents and profits; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 28 · Payment of balance due defendant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 29 · Writ of seisin before judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 30 · Collection of balance due defendant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 31 · Valuation without considering improvements
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 32 · Relinquishment of estate; recording election
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 33 · Relinquishment of estate; effect; payments by defendant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 34 · Nonpayment by defendant; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 35 · Failure of title to relinquished land; remedies; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 36 · Effect on mode of payment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 37 · Writ of seisin
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 38 · Recovery by life tenant from remainderman, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 39 · Amount due from remainderman; determination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 40 · Limitation on amount recoverable
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 41 · Time for bringing action; limitation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 42 · Recording execution for possession and return
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 43 · Actions for mesne profits or damage to land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 237, § 44 · Actions by mortgagees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 1 · Persons entitled to summary process
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 1A · Land or tenements used for residential purposes; action by lessor under this chapter to recover possession; conditions and restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 2 · Jurisdiction; venue; form of writ
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 2A · Reprisal for reporting violations of law, for tenant's union activity, or actions taken pursuant to laws protecting tenants who are victims of domestic violence, rape, sexual assault or stalking; defense; presumption
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 3 · Judgment and execution; costs; appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 4 · Storage of property removed; notice of presence and condition of animals; liens and enforcement; penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 5 · Appeal; bond; actions thereon; waiver; appeal of waiver or periodic payments; notice of decision
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 6 · Condition of bond in action for possession after foreclosure of mortgage; after purchase
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 6A · Condition of bond after foreclosure of tax title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 7 · Judgments; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 8 · Three years quiet possession; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 8A · Rent withholding; grounds; amount claimed; presumptions and burden of proof; procedures
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 9 · Stay of proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 10 · Stay of proceedings; hearings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 11 · Stay of proceedings; deposit of applicant
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 12 · Stay of proceedings; validity of waiver in lease
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 13 · Stay of proceedings; costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 14 · Inspection of property for presence of abandoned animals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 15 · Action for summary process for nonpayment of rent; monthly report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 239, § 16 · Eviction; petition to seal record; petition to access sealed record; consumer reporting agency; housing or credit screening applications; notice of satisfaction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 1 · Petition to compel adverse claimant to try title
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 2 · Proceedings upon petition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 3 · Proceedings upon appearance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 4 · Parties without actual notice; remedies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 5 · Application of preceding sections
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 6 · Actions in supreme judicial, superior or land courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 7 · Notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 8 · Guardian ad litem
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 9 · Guardians ad litem; compensation and expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 10 · Proceeding in rem; effect of judgment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 10A · Restrictions on land; determination; jurisdiction; petition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 10B · Notice of proceedings; parties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 10C · Determination of restrictions; manner
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 11 · Petition in land court to determine encumbrances
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 12 · Unknown, etc., respondents; describing; amending petition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 13 · Respondents upon whom service cannot be made; notice; appointing agents
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 14 · Jurisdiction; hearings; decrees; costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 14A · Municipal zoning ordinances, etc.; petition for judicial determination of validity
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 15 · Petition in land court; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 16 · Jurisdiction of land court; determining enforceability of restrictions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 17 · Restrictions injurious to public interests; registration of land; damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 18 · Appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 19 · Petition to land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 20 · Proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 21 · Report and plan of commissioners; effect
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 22 · Costs
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 23 · Determination of boundaries by court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 24 · Parties; subsequent purchasers as
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 25 · Boundaries determined concurrently with registration
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 26 · Rights of commonwealth
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 27 · Fiduciaries, etc.; establishing power or authority
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 28 · Determination by court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 29 · Procedure under this chapter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 1 · Persons entitled to partition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 2 · Jurisdiction; probate courts; land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 3 · Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 4 · Extent of land partitioned
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 5 · Division of shares
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 6 · Form and contents of petition; interveners
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 7 · Notice; filing; registered land
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 8 · Notice given by citation; contents; publication; service