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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 6: Triple damages for waste during pendency of action for recovery of land

Section 6. If, during the pendency of an action for the recovery of land, the tenant or person in possession, with knowledge thereof, commits waste, the demandant, if he recovers judgment, may afterward recover in tort three times the amount of the damages assessed therefor.