Delaware Statutes
§ 5016 — Defendant as joint owner
Delaware § 5016
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Bluebook
Del. Code tit. 10, § 5016 (2026).
Text
If the defendant is owner of an undivided share, the writ of possession shall be restricted to such share; and any holder of another share, or such holder’s tenant, shall not be removed, or further disturbed than by putting the purchaser into peaceable possession of the undivided share of the defendant.
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Legislative History
Code 1852, § 2467; Code 1915, § 4384; Code 1935, § 4842; 10 Del. C. 1953, § 5016; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1
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Delaware § 5016, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/de/10/5016.