{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1601","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 42-1601","heading":"Writ of waste; lease forfeited for waste and lessee to pay treble damages.","body":"A man from henceforth shall have a writ of waste in the chancery against him that holdeth by law, or otherwise for term of life, or for term of years; and he which shall be attainted of waste, shall lease the thing that he hath wasted, and moreover shall recompense thrice so much as the waste shall be taxed at.","path":["Title 42. Real Property.","Chapter 16. Waste."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/42-1601","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"3390d39b72f6426647bdcc67c974f646b6f3b46d11f23496b2400d8dbfa9d086","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1503","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-42-1602"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}