2006 Massachusetts Code - Section 17. Late entry; allowance; effect.
Section 17. The allowance of such appeal and the judgment thereon shall not affect any distribution ordered before written notice of the petition or of the intention to present the same has been given at the registry of probate or to the executor or administrator; but any debt thus proved and allowed shall be paid only out of such assets as remain in or come to the hands of the executor or administrator after payment of the amounts payable on such prior decree of distribution.
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