Section 4. Real estate not devised shall be first chargeable with the payment of debts, legacies or charges of administration in exoneration of real estate devised, unless a different intention appears by the will.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part II - Real and Personal Property and Domestic Relations
Section 1 - Realty; Sale to Satisfy Debts
Section 2 - Realty Subject to Sale
Section 3 - Realty Subject to Curtesy or Dower; Sale; Proceeds
Section 4 - Undevised Realty; Priority of Disposition
Section 4a - Rents and Profits; Payment of Debts; Limitations
Section 5 - Realty of Ward; Sale
Section 7 - Petition; Contents
Section 8 - Realty; Detrimental Effect of Partial Sale; Disposition of Whole Estate
Section 9 - Marshaling Assets; Testamentary Provisions
Section 10 - Notice of Petition; Service
Section 11 - Notice of Petition; Interested Persons
Section 12 - License to Guardian of Spendthrift; Notice
Section 13 - Bond; Posting by Interested Party to Satisfy Debts; Effect
Section 14 - Public or Private Sale of Realty
Section 15 - Notice of Sale by Auction
Section 16 - Affidavits; Evidence of Notice
Section 17 - Adjournment of Sale
Section 18 - Fraudulent Conveyances; Recovery
Section 19 - Distribution; Sale of Realty; Procedure
Section 20 - Sale of Realty for Payment of Debts; Limitation of Time
Section 20a - Estate Expenses; Execution on Conveyed Property; Limitation of Time
Section 21 - Sales for Maintenance or Investment; Purpose and Nature of Sale
Section 22 - Petition and License to Sell Property for Maintenance or Investment; Form
Section 23 - Maintenance; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
Section 24 - Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
Section 25 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Persons Authorized to Sell
Section 26 - Property of Minors Sold for Investment; Disposition of Proceeds of Sale
Section 27 - Sales by Guardian of Non-Resident Ward; Transfer of Proceeds to Foreign Executor
Section 28 - Executor or Administrator; Authority to Mortgage
Section 29 - Guardian or Conservator; Authority to Mortgage
Section 30 - Petition and Decree for Mortgage; Form
Section 31 - Leases; Realty of Ward
Section 32 - Foreign Executor; License to Sell Realty
Section 33 - Foreign Guardian or Conservator; License to Sell Realty of Ward
Section 34 - Foreign Fiduciary; Bond; Sufficiency; Filing
Section 35 - Foreign Fiduciary; Proceedings; Notice
Section 36 - Tenants by Entirety; Joinder in Sale, Mortgage or Lease of Realty
Section 37 - Decree Upon Petition for Leave to Sell Property; Scope