If judgment for a return of property is rendered in a civil action against an executor or administrator, the property returned by him shall not be assets in his hands; and if it has been included in the inventory, he shall be allowed therefor in his account if he shows that it has been returned in pursuance of such judgment.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 230, § 4
Accounting for property returned pursuant to judgment
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