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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title V STATUTES OF FRAUDS AND LIMITATIONS
  4. Chapter 260 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS
  5. Section 20 Presumption of satisfaction of judgment

Section 20

Section 20: Presumption of satisfaction of judgment

Section 20. A judgment or decree of a court of record of the United States or of any state thereof shall be presumed to be paid and satisfied at the expiration of twenty years after it was rendered.