Massachusetts General Laws ch. 185 sec. 77 – Burdens and incidents attaching by law
Section 77. Registered land, and ownership therein, shall in all respects be subject to the burdens and incidents attaching by law to unregistered land. This chapter shall not relieve registered land or the owners thereof from any rights incident to the relation of husband and wife, or from liability to attachment on mesne process or levy on execution, or from liability to any lien of any description established by law on land and the buildings thereon, or on the interest of the owner in such land or buildings, nor shall it change the laws of descent, or the rights of partition between co-tenants, or the right to take the same by eminent domain, or relieve such land from liability to be recovered by an assignee in insolvency or trustee in bankruptcy under the laws relative to preferences, or change or affect in any way any other rights or liabilities created by law and applicable to unregistered land, except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter.
Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 185 sec. 77
- Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
- Bankruptcy: Refers to statutes and judicial proceedings involving persons or businesses that cannot pay their debts and seek the assistance of the court in getting a fresh start. Under the protection of the bankruptcy court, debtors may discharge their debts, perhaps by paying a portion of each debt. Bankruptcy judges preside over these proceedings.
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.