Title 42 — Real Property.
57 chapters · 1,018 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 42-1601 Writ of waste; lease forfeited for waste and lessee to pay treble damages
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A man from henceforth shall have a writ of waste in the chancery against him that holdeth by law, or otherwise for term of life, or for term of years; and he which shall be attainted of waste, shall lease the thing that he hath wasted, and moreover shall recompense thrice so much…
D.C. Code § 42-1602 Waste prohibited without written license; damages; amercement
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Fermors, during their terms, shall not make waste, sale or exile of house or woods, nor of anything belonging to the tenements, that they have to ferm, without special license had by writing of covenant, making mention that they may do it; which thing if they do, and thereof be c…
D.C. Code § 42-1603 Reversioner may maintain writ of waste although tenant’s interest assigned to another; applicability of provisions
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Because that diverse people in times past have let their lands and tenements to divers persons, that is to say, some for term of life or of another man’s life, and some for term of years, the said tenants have oftentimes let and granted their estate which they had in the same lan…
D.C. Code § 42-1604 Joint tenant or tenant in common against cotenant
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Any joint tenant or tenant in common may maintain an action for waste committed by his cotenant, or in a suit for a partition, or a sale for purpose of partition may have said waste charged against the share of the cotenant committing the same.