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Section 1Estates recoverable
Section 2Action to recover freehold estates against commonwealth
Section 3Form of declaration
Section 4Actual entry; seisin; proof; right of entry
Section 5Manner of prosecuting action
Section 6Disseisors
Section 7Actual ouster; effect
Section 8Joint tenants; tenants in common; actions
Section 9Laws and rules governing
Section 10Pleas in answer
Section 11Parts or portions recoverable
Section 12Rents; profits; destruction or waste
Section 13Measure of damages
Section 14Use of improvements not element of damages
Section 15Limitation of defendant’s liability
Section 16Improvements
Section 17Possession under supposedly good title; effect
Section 18Counterclaim
Section 19Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 228
Section 20Limitation of allowances
Section 21Court assessments; postponements
Section 22Jury assessments; postponements
Section 23Resumption of procedure for assessment by jury
Section 24Waiver of jury trial
Section 25Assessment by assessors
Section 26Judgments to both parties
Section 27Excess of improvements over rents and profits; effect
Section 28Payment of balance due defendant
Section 29Writ of seisin before judgment
Section 30Collection of balance due defendant
Section 31Valuation without considering improvements
Section 32Relinquishment of estate; recording election
Section 33Relinquishment of estate; effect; payments by defendant
Section 34Nonpayment by defendant; effect
Section 35Failure of title to relinquished land; remedies; notice
Section 36Effect on mode of payment
Section 37Writ of seisin
Section 38Recovery by life tenant from remainderman, etc.
Section 39Amount due from remainderman; determination
Section 40Limitation on amount recoverable
Section 41Time for bringing action; limitation
Section 42Recording execution for possession and return
Section 43Actions for mesne profits or damage to land
Section 44Actions by mortgagees