11 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 1 Waste; persons entitled to maintain; jury trial
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Section 1. If a tenant in dower, by the curtesy, for life or for years commits or suffers waste on the land so held, the person having the next immediate estate of inheritance may have an action of waste against such tenant to recover the place wasted and the amount of the damage…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 2 Actions of tort in nature of waste; persons entitled to maintain
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Section 2. A person having the next immediate estate of inheritance, or a remainder or reversion in fee simple or fee tail after an intervening life estate, or having a remainder or reversion for life or for years, may have an action of tort in the nature of waste to recover the …
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 3 Actions in tort in nature of waste; when maintainable against representatives
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Section 3. If such action in tort was commenced in the lifetime of the tenant, it may be prosecuted against his executor or administrator or it may be commenced against such executor or administrator for waste committed or suffered in the tenant's lifetime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 242, § 4 Triple damages for waste; liability of co-tenant
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Section 4. A joint tenant or tenant in common of undivided land who cuts down, destroys or carries away trees, timber, wood or underwood standing or lying on such land, or digs up or carries away stone, ore or other valuable thing found there, or commits any other waste, without …