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Section 42-3220 - Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life

Action in debt may be brought for rent in arrears under lease or demise for life

It shall and may be lawful for any person or persons, having any rent in arrear, or due upon any lease or demise for life or lives, to bring an action or actions of debt for such arrears of rent, in the same manner they might have done, in case such rent were due, and reserved upon a lease for years.

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(8 Ann, ch. 14, § 4, 1709; Kilty's Rep. 248; Alex. Br. Stat. 682; Comp. Stat. D.C., 325, § 42.)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 45-1420.
1973 Ed., § 45-922.

Current through September 13, 2012

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