7 sections in this chapter.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, § 1 Erection of monuments
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Section 1. The aldermen, selectmen or road commissioners shall cause permanent bounds to be erected at the termini and angles of all ways laid out by them. Such bounds shall be of stone, Portland cement or concrete not less than three feet long, two feet of which at least shall b…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, § 2 Buildings or fences as boundaries
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Section 2. If buildings or fences have been erected and continued for more than twenty years, fronting upon or against a highway, town way, private way, training field, burying place, landing place, street, lane or alley, or other land appropriated for the general use or convenie…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, § 3 Encroachment on public ways
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Section 3. If the boundaries of a public way are known or can be made certain by records or monuments, no length of possession, or occupancy of land within the limits thereof, by the owner or occupant of adjoining land shall give him any title thereto, unless it has been acquired…
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 86, § 4 Removal of encroachments
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Section 4. If such building, fence or other encumbrance is adjudged a nuisance and ordered to be abated, the materials may be sold at auction and the proceeds applied to the payment of the expenses of the prosecution and removal, and, if insufficient, the court may order the rema…