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PART III. COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

TITLE III. REMEDIES RELATING TO REAL PROPERTY

CHAPTER 240. PROCEEDINGS FOR SETTLEMENT OF TITLE TO LAND

REGISTRATION OF LAND FREE FROM RESTRICTIONS

Chapter 240: Section 16. Jurisdiction of land court; determining enforceability of restrictions

Section 16. The land court shall have jurisdiction upon a petition to register land, or if land has been previously registered, upon a supplemental petition by the owner thereof, to hear and determine the question whether or not equitable restrictions arising under contracts, deeds or other instruments limiting or restraining the use or the manner of using land are enforceable in whole or in part.