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D.C. Code § 16-1103: Contents of complaint; adverse possession.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]
- Chapter 11. Ejectment and Other Real Property Actions.
- Subchapter I. Ejectment.
In his complaint in ejectment, the plaintiff shall:
(1)
describe the premises claimed with reasonable certainty; and
(2)
It is sufficient for the plaintiff to state, in addition, that:
(1)
he was possessed of the premises, and while he was so possessed the defendant entered wrongfully into possession thereof, and withholds the possession of the premises from the plaintiff, or wrongfully detains possession; or
(2)
the defendant is wrongfully exercising acts of ownership over the premises.
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