Massachusetts § 16 Jurisdiction of land court; determining enforceability of restrictions

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 16 — Jurisdiction of land court; determining enforceability of restrictions

Massachusetts § 16

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IIIREMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

Ch. 240PROCEEDINGS FOR SETTLEMENT OF TITLE TO LAND

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 240, § 16 (2026).

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Section 16. The land court shall have jurisdiction upon a petition to register land, or if land has been previously registered, upon a supplemental petition by the owner thereof, to hear and determine the question whether or not equitable restrictions arising under contracts, deeds or other instruments limiting or restraining the use or the manner of using land are enforceable in whole or in part.

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Section 16. The land court shall have jurisdiction upon a petition to register land, or if land has been previously registered, upon a supplemental petition by the owner thereof, to hear and determine the question whether or not equitable restrictions arising under contracts, deeds or other instruments limiting or restraining the use or the manner of using land are enforceable in whole or in part.

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