§ 1 Realty; sale to satisfy debts
§ 2 Realty subject to sale
§ 3 Realty subject to curtesy or dower; sale; proceeds
§ 4 Undevised realty; priority of disposition
§ 4A Rents and profits; payment of debts; limitations
§ 5 Realty of ward; sale
§ 6 Grant of license
§ 7 Petition; contents
§ 8 Realty; detrimental effect of partial sale; disposition of whole estate
§ 9 Marshaling assets; testamentary provisions
§ 10 Notice of petition; service
§ 11 Notice of petition; interested persons
§ 12 License to guardian of spendthrift; notice
§ 13 Bond; posting by interested party to satisfy debts; effect
§ 14 Public or private sale of realty
§ 15 Notice of sale by auction
§ 16 Affidavits; evidence of notice
§ 17 Adjournment of sale
§ 18 Fraudulent conveyances; recovery
§ 19 Distribution; sale of realty; procedure
§ 20 Sale of realty for payment of debts; limitation of time
§ 20A Estate expenses; execution on conveyed property; limitation of time
§ 21 Sales for maintenance or investment; purpose and nature of sale
§ 22 Petition and license to sell property for maintenance or investment; form
§ 23 Maintenance; disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 24 Investment; disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 25 Property of minors sold for investment; persons authorized to sell
§ 26 Property of minors sold for investment; disposition of proceeds of sale
§ 27 Sales by guardian of non-resident ward; transfer of proceeds to foreign executor
§ 28 Executor or administrator; authority to mortgage
§ 29 Guardian or conservator; authority to mortgage
§ 30 Petition and decree for mortgage; form
§ 31 Leases; realty of ward
§ 32 Foreign executor; license to sell realty
§ 33 Foreign guardian or conservator; license to sell realty of ward
§ 34 Foreign fiduciary; bond; sufficiency; filing
§ 35 Foreign fiduciary; proceedings; notice
§ 36 Tenants by entirety; joinder in sale, mortgage or lease of realty
§ 37 Decree upon petition for leave to sell property; scope
§ 38 Decree; presumptions; highest possible price
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 202 - Sales, Mortgages and Leases of Real Estate by Executors, Administrators, Guardians and Conservators

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Dower: A widow
  • 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
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • 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.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • 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.
  • Testate: To die leaving a will.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.