{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1155","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 16-1155","heading":"Restoration of property to life tenant.","body":"The possession of real property that has been awarded to a petitioner pursuant to this subchapter, upon the presumption of the death of the person upon whose life the prior estate depends, shall be restored, by an order of the court, to the person evicted, or to his heirs, or legal representatives, upon the petition of the latter, and proof, to the satisfaction of the court, that the person presumed to be dead is living. The proceedings upon such a petition are the same as those prescribed by this subchapter to be followed upon the petition of the person to whom possession is awarded.","path":["Title 16. Particular Actions, Proceedings and Matters. [Enacted title]","Chapter 11. Ejectment and Other Real Property Actions.","Subchapter II. Proceedings to Discover the Death of a Tenant for Life."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/16-1155","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d33ed1d247e686ad053f98774576144820201ff90b22d79abfd898d669b112be","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1154","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-16-1156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}