Section 23. If issues are postponed under the preceding section, and if, on its trial of the title, the land court shall make a finding or decision in favor of the plaintiff, that court shall, on motion of either party, made before its finding or decision on the title is recorded, order that the procedure provided by section fifteen of chapter one hundred and eighty-five be resumed, except that the papers required by said section fifteen shall be entered in the superior court for the county where the land lies within thirty days after such order.

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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 237 sec. 23

  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.