GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 197. PAYMENT OF DEBTS, LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES.

PAYMENT OF DEBTS.

Chapter 197, Section 1. Executor or administrator; construction of definition.

Chapter 197, Section 2. Time of payment.

Chapter 197, Section 2A. Repealed, 1989, 329, Sec. 4.

Chapter 197, Section 3. Payment; defense against further claims.

Chapter 197, Section 4. New claims; insufficient assets; payment.

Chapter 197, Section 5. Preferred claims; payment; actions by unsecured creditors.

Chapter 197, Section 6. Debts due executors or administrators; settlement; arbitration.

Chapter 197, Section 7. Debts due executors or administrators; settlement by court.

Chapter 197, Section 8. Joint liability of deceased.

LIMITATION OF ACTIONS BY CREDITORS.

Chapter 197, Section 9. Commencement of actions by creditors; limitations.

Chapter 197, Section 9A. Actions for personal injuries or death; limitations; satisfaction of judgment restricted.

Chapter 197, Section 10. Barred claims; procedure.

Chapter 197, Section 11. New assets; effect on unsatisfied creditors; extension of time.

Chapter 197, Section 12. Defective actions; extension of time.

Chapter 197, Section 13. Unliquidated claims; presentment for payment.

Chapter 197, Section 14. Unliquidated claims; conclusiveness of judgment.

Chapter 197, Section 15. Unliquidated claims; actions.

Chapter 197, Section 16. Unliquidated claims; pleadings.

Chapter 197, Section 17. Repealed by 1989, 329, Sec. 8.

Chapter 197, Section 18. Repealed, 1989, 329, Sec. 9.

PAYMENT OF LEGACIES AND DISTRIBUTIVE SHARES.

Chapter 197, Section 19. Legacies; actions to recover.

Chapter 197, Section 20. Interest, rate, period.

Chapter 197, Section 21. Payment of certain legacies; indemnity for repayment.

Chapter 197, Section 22. Partial distribution.

Chapter 197, Section 23. Class legacies.

Chapter 197, Section 24. Distributive shares, enforcement of payment.

Chapter 197, Section 25. Debts due estate; set-off against legacies.

Chapter 197, Section 25A. Lifetime gifts as satisfaction of legacy.

Chapter 197, Section 26. Annuities; commencement of payment.

Chapter 197, Section 27. Annuities; apportionment.

LIABILITY OF HEIRS, ETC., AFTER SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE.

Chapter 197, Section 28. Liability after settlement.

Chapter 197, Section 29. Enforcement.

Chapter 197, Section 30. Death of heir, etc.; effect.

Chapter 197, Section 31. Suit in equity; liability of several heirs.

Chapter 197, Section 32. Improper parties defendants; effect.

Chapter 197, Section 33. Insolvency of heir, etc.; effect.

Chapter 197, Section 34. Nonpayment by one heir; rights of others.


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