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  "heading": "Estoppel of contest after commencement of work; damages",
  "text": "After the department has laid out a highway or other facility undertaken by the Department of Transportation and Development over a certain tract of land and the work thereon has commenced without objection on the part of the landowner, the landowner may not prevent or retard the construction thereof by any legal process, but is limited to an action for damages.",
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      "name": "ROADS, BRIDGES AND FERRIES"
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      "number": "1",
      "name": "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT"
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