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2025 Delaware Code
Title 10 - Courts and Judicial Procedure
Chapter 49. EXECUTIONS
Subchapter VII. Writ of Possession
§ 5013. Time of applying for writ.
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§ 5013. Time of applying for writ.
A rule for a writ of possession may be granted in the Superior Court at the term of the return of the sale or at any one of the next 3 succeeding terms thereafter, and in the Court of Chancery within 1 year from the return of the sale.
Code 1852, § 2464; Code 1915, § 4381; 33 Del. Laws, c. 239; Code 1935, § 4839; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5013;
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