A way opened and dedicated to the public use, which has not become a public way, shall not, except as provided in the two following sections, be chargeable upon a town as a highway or town way unless laid out and established in the manner prescribed by statute.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 84, § 23
Dedicated ways
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