§ 1 Land and rights subject to execution
§ 2 Estates tail
§ 3 Proceedings upon levy; notice and appraisal
§ 4 Deposit of notice of land taken on execution or mesne process; Nantucket county
§ 5 Entries by register
§ 6 Levy by set-off; appointment of appraisers
§ 7 Qualifications and duties of appraisers; certificates of appraisal
§ 8 Valuation of estates as fee simple; exception
§ 9 Mortgaged land; appraisal
§ 10 Appraisal when several parcels are levied upon
§ 11 Description of land in certificate of appraisers; return
§ 12 Land held jointly or in common; levy upon
§ 13 Land incapable of division; levy upon
§ 14 Life estates; levy upon
§ 15 Rents and profits; levy upon; expiration of life estates
§ 16 Leased land; levy upon
§ 17 Levy on leased land where reversion of part only is taken
§ 18 Homestead property; levy of execution
§ 19 Delivery of seisin to creditor; debtor’s rights in remainder, etc.
§ 20 Momentary seisin
§ 21 Return and record of execution
§ 22 Record as prima facie evidence
§ 23 Officer’s return; requisites
§ 24 Validity of levy as against subsequent attaching creditors and purchasers
§ 25 Levy valid against creditor
§ 26 Levy by sale; disposition of proceeds; lands taken on behalf of commonwealth
§ 27 Conduct of sale; effect
§ 28 Notice of sale
§ 29 Adjournment of sale
§ 30 Adjournment by court
§ 31 Suspension of levy; record; effect; liability of land
§ 32 Proceedings after dissolution of prior attachment
§ 33 Right of redemption; time; amount required; deed or release
§ 34 Ascertainment of amount due; tender
§ 35 Redemption of mortgage paid by creditor or purchaser
§ 53 Levy on land of deceased
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 236 - Levy of Executions On Land

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fee simple: Absolute title to property with no limitations or restrictions regarding the person who may inherit it.
  • Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Mortgagee: The person to whom property is mortgaged and who has loaned the money.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.