Massachusetts General Laws
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 213 - Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts

Section 1 - Chief Justices; Vacancies - Section 1. In case of a vacancy in the office...

Section 1a - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Exception - Section 1A. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the superior court shall...

Section 1b - Questions of Law; Reservation; Report to Appeals Court - Section 1B. Questions of law arising in any proceeding of...

Section 2 - Process; Issuance in Other Counties - Section 2. If, in the opinion of a justice of...

Section 3 - Rules; Power to Make and Promulgate - Section 3. The courts shall, respectively, make and promulgate uniform...

Section 3a - Rules; Printing and Disposition of Copies - Section 3A. Copies of the rules, as provided for in...

Section 4 - Courts Always Open - Section 4. The courts shall always be open in every...

Section 5 - Transaction of Business in Any County - Section 5. The courts and the justices thereof, respectively, may...

Section 6 - Duration of Sittings; Adjournments - Section 6. Regular sittings of the courts for the transaction...

Section 7 - Simultaneous Sessions - Section 7. Two or more simultaneous sessions of the court...

Section 8 - Accounts and Expenses; Allowance - Section 8. The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow...

Section 9 - Attendance of Justices - Section 9. The justices of each court, except as otherwise...

Section 10 - Adjournment to Another Shire Town - Section 10. If public business requires, either court may adjourn...

Section 11 - Adjournment in Absence of Justice; Sheriff's Duty - Section 11. If no justice is present at the time...

Section 12 - Written Order to Sheriff to Adjourn; Absence of Justice - Section 12. In such case, any justice may by a...