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2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES(Chapters 211 through 262)
TITLE III REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 239 SUMMARY PROCESS FOR POSSESSION OF LAND
Section 8 Three years quiet possession; effect
MA Gen L ch 239 § 8 What's This?
Section 8. There shall be no recovery under this chapter of any land or tenements of which the defendant, his ancestors or those under whom he holds the land or tenements have been in quiet possession for three years next before the commencement of the action unless the defendant’s estate therein is ended.
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