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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.