{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-8","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, § 8","heading":"Realty; detrimental effect of partial sale; disposition of whole estate","body":"Section 8. If it is represented in such petition and appears to the court to be necessary to sell a part of the real estate, and that by such partial sale the residue of the property or of a specific part or piece thereof would be greatly injured, the court may license a sale of the whole or any part thereof.","path":["Part II","Title II","Chapter 202"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleII/Chapter202/Section8","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:33Z","sha256":"063e42d9cd69d962791dfbc4f0fdbda6b17073a388d3d44976b182775edfb4c7","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-7","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-202-9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}