Section 12. Fixtures annexed to the freehold by a life tenant or by his assigns may be removed during the continuance of the life estate or within a reasonable time thereafter; and in determining what are fixtures, the common law rules prevailing between a landlord and a tenant for years shall govern. This section shall not affect the right of the owner of land to make a different provision by will or otherwise as to the removal of fixtures, nor impair or affect the provisions of any will or other instrument by which an estate for life in land is created or limited.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Title I - Title to Real Property
Chapter 184 - General Provisions Relative to Real Property
Section 3 - Contingent Remainders; Taking Effect; Limitations
Section 4 - Land Held in Fee Tail; Liability for Debts of Tenant in Tail
Section 5 - Conveyance Vesting Life Estate and Remainder to Heirs
Section 6 - Interpretation of Words Importing Want or Failure of Issue
Section 6a - ''heirs'' and ''next of Kin'' Construed
Section 7 - Creation of Estate in Common, Joint Tenancy or Tenancy by the Entirety
Section 8 - Conveyance to Grantor and Another
Section 8a - Name and Address of Owner; Request for Information; Records; Penalty
Section 9 - Conveyance by Tenant for Life or Years of Greater Estate
Section 10 - Acts of Owner of Precedent Estate Upon Expectant Estate; Effect
Section 11 - Barring of Estates Tail
Section 12 - Fixtures Annexed by Life Tenant; Determination; Removal
Section 14 - Sale of Timber Standing on Land Used by Other Than Owner of Fee
Section 16 - Certificate of Judgment, Decree or Final Disposition; Recording
Section 17 - Judgments or Decrees; Effect of Recording
Section 17a - Agreement for Purchase and Sale of Real Estate; Acknowledgment; Recordation
Section 19 - Entry for Breach of Condition; Certificate; Recordation
Section 20 - Right of Entry or Action for Recovery of Real Property; Descent or Discontinuance
Section 21 - Encumbrances Upon Real Property; Duty of Grantor to Inform Grantee
Section 22 - Encumbrance of Record; Liability for Removal
Section 23 - Conditions or Restrictions; Term of Years; Applicability
Section 23a - Proceedings Relating to Building Restrictions; Limitation of Actions
Section 23c - Solar Energy Systems; Installation or Use; Restrictive Provisions
Section 23d - Community Residences for Disabled Persons; Restrictive Provisions
Section 24 - Defects, Irregularities or Omissions in Deeds; Curative Period
Section 25 - Indefinite References; Effect; Application
Section 29 - Notice or Extension of Restriction; Prerequisites
Section 30 - Enforceability of Restrictions; Presumptions and Prerequisites; Temporary Injunction
Section 31 - Restrictions, Defined
Section 32 - Effect, Enforcement, Acquisition, and Release of Restrictions