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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 236, § 1 (2026)

Land and rights subject to execution

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Section 1. All the land of a debtor in possession, remainder or reversion, all his rights of entry into land and of redeeming mortgaged land, and all such land and rights fraudulently conveyed by him with intent to defeat, delay or defraud his creditors, or purchased or directly or indirectly paid for by him but the record title of which has been retained in the vendor or conveyed to a third person with intent to defeat, delay or defraud the creditors of the debtor, or on a trust for him, express or implied, whereby he is entitled to a present conveyance, may, except as provided in chapter one hundred and eighty-eight, be taken on execution for his debts as provided in this chapter.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1929–2011 · leading case: Gardiner v. Rogers, 166 N.E. 763 (Mass. 1929).
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Gardiner v. Rogers, 166 N.E. 763 (Mass. 1929). · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 236, § 1, provides that “All the land of a debtor in possession, remainder or reversion, all his rights of entry into land and of redeeming mortgaged land, and all such land and rights fraudulently conveyed by him with intent to defeat, delay or defraud his creditors,…”
Licker v. Gluskin, 164 N.E. 613 (Mass. 1929). “The statute as to attachment of land of a debtor, G. L. c. 236, § 1, affords no relief because from its nature the interest of the wife as tenant by the entirety is not during coverture subject to attachment, levy and sale.”
Ames v. Chandler, 164 N.E. 616 (Mass. 1929). “G. L. c. 236, § 1. After that right was taken on execution, the demandant held title thereto as tenant in common with Glendora F.”
Solans v. McMenimen, 951 N.E.2d 999 (Mass. App. Ct. 2011). “” Also made subject to execution by G. L. c. 236, § 1, are certain commonly unrecorded real property interests (“land .”
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