Section 22. No action for the recovery of property sold by an executor or administrator under chapter two hundred and two shall be maintained by an heir or other person claiming under the deceased unless commenced within five years next after the sale; and no action for property sold by a guardian or conservator under said chapter shall be maintained by the ward or by any person claiming under him unless commenced within five years next after the termination of the guardianship or conservatorship; but persons out of the commonwealth and minors and others under legal disability to sue when their right of action first accrues may commence such action at any time within five years after the removal of the disability or after their return to the commonwealth. No entry, unless by judgment of law, shall be made upon land so sold, with a view to avoid the sale, unless within the times of limitation before prescribed for the commencement of an action.
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