{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 186, § 8","heading":"Recovery of rent accruing before determination of lease","body":"Section 8. If land is held by lease of a person having an estate therein determinable on a life or on a contingency, and such estate determines before the end of a period for which rent is payable, or if an estate created by a written lease or an estate at will is determined before the end of such period by surrender, either express or by operation of law, by notice to quit for non-payment of rent, or by the death of any party, the landlord or his executor or administrator may recover in contract, a proportional part of such rent according to the portion of the last period for which such rent was accruing which had expired at such determination.","path":["Part II","Title I","Chapter 186"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleI/Chapter186/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:26Z","sha256":"f876289635f3cba2432f0a00defaa841b90f4b9bbcfe22f9892fb312a2a4a0e9","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-186-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}