Massachusetts General Laws
Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.
Section 22 - Realty Sold by Fiduciaries; Limitation of Action or Entry

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

Massachusetts General Laws

Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations

Title II - Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts

Chapter 204 - General Provisions Relative to Sales, Mortgages, Releases, Compromises, etc., by Executors, Etc.

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 27 - Release; Powers

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

Section 33 - Construction

Section 35 - Release or Disclaimer; Construction

Section 36 - Severability