Massachusetts General Laws
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 214 - Equity Jurisdiction

Section 1 - General Equity Jurisdiction; Original and Concurrent - Section 1. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have...

Section 1a - Remedy in Damages No Bar to Suit for Specific Performance of Contract - Section 1A. The fact that the plaintiff has a remedy...

Section 1b - Right of Privacy - Section 1B. A person shall have a right against unreasonable,...

Section 1c - Right to Freedom From Sexual Harassment - Section 1C. A person shall have the right to be...

Section 2 - Statutory Jurisdiction - Section 2. The supreme judicial court shall have original and...

Section 3 - Special Jurisdiction - Section 3. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have...

Section 3a - Unauthorized Use of Name, Portrait or Picture of a Person; Injunctive Relief; Damages; Exceptions - Section 3A. Any person whose name, portrait or picture is...

Section 3b - Fair Information Practices of Public Holders; Violations of Chapter 66a; Remedies; Limitation - Section 3B. Any holder, as that term is defined in...

Section 4 - Process; Issuance - Section 4. Each court may, if necessary to secure justice...

Section 5 - Venue - Section 5. Civil actions in which equitable relief is sought...

Section 6 - Labor Disputes; Injunctions; Issuance; Conditions Precedent; Procedural Requisites - Section 6. (1) No court shall have jurisdiction to issue...

Section 6a - Jurisdictional Labor Disputes; Temporary Injunctive Relief; Arbitration; Definition - Section 6A. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of section six...

Section 7 - Construction of Wills; Notice - Section 7. In actions for the construction of wills, or...

Section 7a - Damage to the Environment; Temporary Restraining Order as Additional Remedy; Definitions; Requisites; Procedure - Section 7A. As used in this section, ''damage to the...

Section 7b - Noise Pollution; Shooting Ranges; Exemption From Liability; Hours of Operation - Section 7B. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special...

Section 8 - Determination by One Justice - Section 8. Civil actions in which equitable relief is sought...

Section 9 - Acts and Proceedings Other Than Trials Upon the Merits - Section 9. All acts and proceedings in civil actions other...

Section 10 - Cases Pending in Another County; Hearing - Section 10. A justice of either court or the full...

Section 10b - Proceedings for Application of Cy Pres Doctrine to Failure of Charitable Gifts; Deviation; Notice; Parties - Section 10B. Upon a petition commenced after the death of...

Section 11 - Issues of Fact to Be Tried by Jury - Section 11. The supreme judicial court, upon request of a...

Section 12 - Summoning of Jury - Section 12. If there is no regular sitting of the...

Section 13 - Jury Issues in Superior Court - Section 13. The superior court, upon request of a party...

Section 14 - Continuous Sitting of Courts in Boston - Section 14. A justice of the supreme judicial court and...

Section 15 - Control of Action - Section 15. A justice of either court shall not dissolve...

Section 16 - Writs of Seisin and Execution - Section 16. The courts may issue writs of seisin and...

Section 17 - Receiver's Bond - Section 17. Where a bond is required of a receiver...

Section 18 - Pending Actions; Taking Papers From Files - Section 18. The original papers in a civil action pending...