Section 20. If the validity of a sale is drawn in question by a person claiming adversely to the title of the deceased or of the ward, or under a title not derived from or through the deceased or the ward, the sale shall not be void by reason of any irregularity in the proceedings, if the executor, administrator, guardian, conservator or trustee was licensed to make the sale by a court of competent jurisdiction and executed and acknowledged in legal form a deed of the property.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Section 1 - Specific Performance of Decedent's Land Contracts
Section 2 - Consent of a Deceased Person; Power of Court to Decree Conveyance
Section 4 - Vested or Contingent Interests; Power of Fiduciaries to Release
Section 5 - Cemetery Lots; Sale or Release
Section 6 - Mortgage Given Under License of Court; Contents
Section 7 - Petitions for Sales by Foreign Fiduciaries; Venue
Section 8 - License to Sell; Duration
Section 9 - Proceeds of Sales; Surplus; Disposition
Section 10 - Grant of License; Objections; Costs
Section 11 - Persons Licensed to Sell Realty; Examination
Section 12 - Church, etc., Property; Sale or Transfer
Section 19 - Irregularities in Proceedings; Effect
Section 20 - Adverse Claims to Title
Section 21 - Debts; Adjudication; Finality
Section 22 - Realty Sold by Fiduciaries; Limitation of Action or Entry
Section 23 - Void Acts of Fiduciaries; Confirmation or Setting Aside
Section 24 - Doubtful Acts or Proceedings of Fiduciaries or Court; Ratification
Section 25 - Irregularly Appointed Fiduciary; Liability to Account
Section 26 - Notice of Sale; Failure of Proof; Remedy
Section 28 - Method of Release
Section 29 - Effect and Scope of Release
Section 30 - Exercise of Power by Several Persons; Release by One; Effect
Section 31 - Release; Definition
Section 32 - Restraint of Alienation or Anticipation Provisions