District of Columbia Statutes
§ 42-1601 — Writ of waste; lease forfeited for waste and lessee to pay treble damages.
District of Columbia § 42-1601
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Bluebook
D.C. Code § 42-1601 (2026).
Text
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 as the waste shall be taxed at.
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Legislative History
6 Edw. 1, ch. 5, § 1, 1278; Kilty’s Rep. 211; Alex. Br. Stat. 83; Comp. Stat. D.C., 319, § 21; Oct. 1, 1976, D.C. Law 1-87, § 41, 23 DCR 2544; Apr. 27, 2001, D.C. Law 13-292, § 804, 48 DCR 2087
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Bluebook (online)
District of Columbia § 42-1601, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/dc/42-1601.