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The Laws of New York
Consolidated Laws of New York
CHAPTER 81
Real Property Actions & Proceedings
ARTICLE 8
Waste and Other Actions and Rights of Action For Injury to Real Property
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SECTION 853
Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble damages
Real Property Actions & Proceedings (RPA) CHAPTER 81, ARTICLE 8
§ 853. Action for forcible or unlawful entry or detainer; treble
damages. If a person is disseized, ejected, or put out of real property
in a forcible or unlawful manner, or, after he has been put out, is held
and kept out by force or by putting him in fear of personal violence or
by unlawful means, he is entitled to recover treble damages in an action
therefor against the wrong-doer.