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Code · Massachusetts · Part II — REAL AND PERSONAL PROPERTY AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS · Title I — THE GENERAL LAWS, AND EXPRESS REPEAL OF CERTAIN ACTS AND RESOLVES · Chapter 186

Section 10: Rent as a necessary

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Section 10. Debts for the rent of a dwelling house occupied by the debtor or his family shall be considered as claims for necessaries.
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