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Massachusetts § 1
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
Title VIICITIES, TOWNS AND DISTRICTS
Ch. 45PUBLIC PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS AND THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 45, § 1 (2026).

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Section 1. In this chapter ''town'' shall not include city. In this chapter ''park'' shall include a city or town common dedicated to the use of the public, or appropriated to such use without interruption for a period of twenty years.

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