{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-168","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 111, § 168","heading":"Prescriptive rights of drainage; application of Sec. 167","body":"Section 168. The preceding section shall not destroy or impair rights acquired by legislative grant prior to July first, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, or destroy or impair prescriptive rights of drainage or discharge to the extent to which they lawfully existed on that date; nor shall it be applicable to the Merrimack or Connecticut rivers, or to so much of the Concord river as lies within the limits of Lowell.","path":["Part I","Title XVI","Chapter 111"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVI/Chapter111/Section168","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:22:42Z","sha256":"e525717faec54cc3fc5797433499a2abfa184c19a1606e865e505a83b1709d4a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-167","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-111-169"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}