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§ 702 — Actions for use and occupation between cotenants

Delaware § 702
JurisdictionDelaware
Title25
PartGeneral Provisions
Ch. 7JOINT ESTATES AND PARTITION

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Del. Code tit. 25, § 702 (2026).

Text

A tenant in common or a joint tenant or a coparcener may maintain against a cotenant an action for use and occupation.

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Legislative History

Code 1852, § 1721; Code 1915, § 3271; Code 1935, § 3735; 25 Del. C. 1953, § 702; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 1

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