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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title III REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY
  4. Chapter 239 SUMMARY PROCESS FOR POSSESSION OF LAND
  5. Section 8 Three years quiet possession; effect

Section 8

Section 8: Three years quiet possession; effect

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.