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Section 6 - Assignee of Claim Assigned by Executor or Administrator, Proceedings - Section 6. In an action for the recovery of an...
Section 6b - Interest Added to Damages in Tort Actions - Section 6B. In any action in which a verdict is...
Section 6c - Interest Added to Damages in Contract Actions - Section 6C. In all actions based on contractual obligations, upon...
Section 6d - Damages for Pain and Suffering in Tort Actions Arising Out of Operation, etc., of Motor Vehicles; Restrictions - Section 6D. In any action of tort brought as a...
Section 6e - Definitions Applicable to Sections 6e to 6g - Section 6E. As used in sections 6E to 6G inclusive,...
Section 6f - Costs, Expenses and Interest for Insubstantial, Frivolous or Bad Faith Claims or Defenses - Section 6F. Upon motion of any party in any civil...
Section 6g - Appeals; Motions for Expenses for Insubstantial, Frivolous or Bad Faith Claims or Defenses - Section 6G. Any party aggrieved by a decision on a...
Section 6h - Interest on Damages - Section 6H. In any action in which damages are awarded,...
Section 6i - Interest Rate; Schedule - Section 6I. Interest required to be paid by the commonwealth...
Section 9 - Action to Recover Possession of Real Property - Section 9. In an action to recover possession of real...
Section 13a - Invalidity of Stipulation Waiving Service of Process or Authorizing Confession of Judgment; Vacation of Judgment - Section 13A. Any judgment entered in an action upon a...
Section 13b - Ad Damnum or Monetary Amount Claimed - Section 13B. No complaint in any civil action shall contain...
Section 21 - Pleading Following Answer in Abatement - Section 21. If an answer in abatement filed in the...
Section 22 - Pleading the General Issue; Evidence - Section 22. In real and mixed actions in the land...
Section 31 - Equitable Defenses - Section 31. In the district courts, the defendant may allege...
Section 35 - Reply Avoiding Defense in Equity - Section 35. In civil proceedings which are not governed by...
Section 39 - Real and Mixed Actions at Issue in Land Court - Section 39. Real and mixed actions in the land court...
Section 42 - Endorsement of Pleading or Process Before Filing or Entry; Residence - Section 42. Any initial pleading or process by which an...
Section 43 - Late Endorsement of Pleading or Process - Section 43. If a plaintiff, not an inhabitant of the...
Section 44 - Endorsement When Plaintiff Removes From Commonwealth - Section 44. If, after the commencement of a proceeding mentioned...
Section 45 - Procuring New Responsible Endorser - Section 45. If an endorser removes from the commonwealth or...
Section 47 - Dismissal on Failure to Obtain Endorser - Section 47. If a plaintiff fails to procure an endorser...
Section 48 - Substitute Endorser - Section 48. The court may permit the name of an...
Section 51 - Amendments as to Parties, Process or Pleading - Section 51. In all civil proceedings, the court may at...
Section 52 - Amendment After Demurrer - Section 52. In all civil proceedings which are not governed...
Section 58a - Notice of Default to Company Issuing Motor Vehicle Liability Policy or Bond; Assessment of Damages Deferred - Section 58A. Damages shall not be assessed, except by special...
Section 59a - Advancing Action for Speedy Trial - Section 59A. In any action before the supreme judicial court...
Section 59c - Request of Either Party - Section 59C. An action pending before the superior court which...
Section 59d - Speedy Trial of Actions Involving Election Laws - Section 59D. An action commenced in any court of this...
Section 59e - Request of Either Party - Section 59E. At the request of any party a proceeding...
Section 59f - Speedy Trial for Persons Sixty-Five Years of Age or Older - Section 59F. In any civil action in any court of...
Section 59g - Dismissal for Failure to File a Timely Request for Trial; Vacation of Judgment - Section 59G. After notice of judgement a judgement of dismissal...
Section 59h - Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation; Special Motion to Dismiss - Section 59H. In any case in which a party asserts...
Section 60b - Malpractice Actions Against Providers of Health Care; Tribunal - Section 60B. Every action for malpractice, error or mistake against...
Section 60c - Malpractice Complaints; Ad Damnum Prohibited - Section 60C. No writ or complaint for malpractice, error or...
Section 60d - Claim by Minor Against Provider of Health Care; Limitations - Section 60D. Notwithstanding the provisions of section seven of chapter...
Section 60e - Malpractice Action; Professional Examination of Claimant - Section 60E. In any civil action for malpractice, error or...
Section 60f - Award of Damages; Elements and Itemization of Amounts - Section 60F. (a) In every action for malpractice, negligence, error,...
Section 60g - Reduction of Award of Damages; Collateral Sources of Benefits - Section 60G. (a) In every action for malpractice, negligence, error,...
Section 60h - Limitation of Damages for Pain and Suffering - Section 60H. In any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission,...
Section 60i - Attorney Fees; Limitations on Contingency Fees - Section 60I. Attorney fees for services rendered on behalf of...
Section 60j - Negligence Actions for Serving Alcoholic Beverages to Minors or Intoxicated Persons; Summary Judgments - Section 60J. Every action for negligence in the distribution, sale...
Section 60k - Actions for Malpractice, Negligence, Etc. Against Health Care Providers; Damages; Rate of Interest - Section 60K. In any action for malpractice, negligence, error, omission,...
Section 60l - Written Notice Requirement for Actions Against Health Care Providers as Defined in Seventh Paragraph of Sec. 60b; Time for Filing; Exceptions; Contents; Provider's Access to Medical Records; Written Response - Section 60L. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...
Section 61 - Filing Interrogatories - Section 61. The provisions of this section and of sections...
Section 62 - Answers to Interrogatories - Section 62. The answers shall be in writing, on oath,...
Section 63 - Rules Governing Use of Interrogatories - Section 63. Interrogatories shall be filed in the clerk's office,...
Section 64 - Failure to Answer or to Amend or Expunge Answer - Section 64. If a party interrogated fails to answer interrogatories,...
Section 65 - Person Answering Interrogatories When Corporation, Municipal Corporation, Minor or Incompetent Is Party - Section 65. If a corporation is a party, the adverse...
Section 66 - Order for Costs - Section 66. Such order may be made respecting costs, in...
Section 67 - Non-Disclosure of Information Not Pertinent - Section 67. Sections sixty-one to sixty-six, inclusive, shall not affect...
Section 68 - Inspecting Documents - Section 68. Every party to any cause or proceeding may...
Section 69 - Demand for Admissions; Answer to Demand or Refusal of Admissions; Costs - Section 69. In the district courts in actions not governed...
Section 71 - Motions and Interlocutory Orders - Section 71. In civil proceedings which are not governed by...
Section 72 - Agreements Regarding Amendments and Trial Procedure - Section 72. In civil proceedings which are not governed by...
Section 81 - Charges as to Facts, Etc. - Section 81. The courts shall not charge juries with respect...
Section 82 - Designation of Place of Trial - Section 82. In counties containing two or more shire towns,...
Section 83 - Interrupting Examination of Witnesses - Section 83. During the trial of a case in which...
Section 84a - Consolidation of Actions Involving Same Subject Matter - Section 84A. If two or more actions to recover damages...
Section 85 - Comparative Negligence; Limited Effect of Contributory Negligence as Defense - Section 85. Contributory negligence shall not bar recovery in any...
Section 85a - Prima Facie Evidence of Owner's Responsibility for Operation of Motor Vehicle - Section 85A. In all actions to recover damages for injuries...
Section 85b - Action for Consequential Damages; Presumption of Automobile Owner's Responsibility - Section 85B. In any action to recover the consequential damages...
Section 85c - Action to Enforce Liability Policy or Bond; Presumption of Insured's Consent to Operation of Vehicle - Section 85C. In any civil action, under section one hundred...
Section 85d - Imputing Negligence of Parent or Custodian to Infant - Section 85D. In all actions to recover damages for injury...
Section 85e - Motor Vehicles; Defenses in Subrogation Claims - Section 85E. In any action to recover for damage to...
Section 85f - Imputation of Negligence of Operator of Motor Vehicle to Passenger-Owner - Section 85F. In an action to recover damages for death...
Section 85g - Parents' Liability for Willful Acts of Minor Children - Section 85G. Parents of an unemancipated child under the age...
Section 85h - Leased Property; Failure to Return; Conversion; Presumption - Section 85H. In any civil action for damages, failure to...
Section 85i - Emergency Care, Etc. of Injured Persons by Members of Ski Patrols; Exemption From Civil Liability - Section 85I. No member of a ski patrol duly registered...
Section 85j - Fraud or Deceit in Sale of Personal Property; Treble Damages - Section 85J. Whoever, by deceit or fraud, sells personal property...
Section 85k - Limitation of Tort Liability of Certain Charitable Organizations; Liability of Directors, Officers or Trustees of Educational Institutions - Section 85K. It shall not constitute a defense to any...
Section 85l - Recovery of Damages Against Operator of Motor Vehicle by Guest; Ordinary Negligence - Section 85L. In an action of tort for personal injuries,...
Section 85m - Disclaimers of Liability by Parking Facilities Not a Defense and Void - Section 85M. In any action of contract or tort in...
Section 85n - Liability of Licensed Members of Certain Professional Societies and Committees for Damages Resulting From Official Acts - Section 85N. No member of a professional society or of...
Section 85o - Contracts; Age of Legal Capacity and Liability in Civil Actions - Section 85O. Any person who has attained the age of...
Section 85p - Age of Majority; Legal Capacity - Section 85P. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, any...
Section 85p1/2 - Child Performers; Contracts; Court Approval - Section 85P1/2. (a) No person shall employ, or exhibit or...
Section 85q - Standard of Care Owed Children; Maintenance of Artificial Condition Upon Land - Section 85Q. Any person who maintains an artificial condition upon...
Section 85r - Boat Races or Regattas; Liability for Injuries - Section 85R. No member of a sailboat racing committee, club...
Section 85r1/2 - Liability for Damage to Property as a Result of Shoplifting or Attempted Larceny; Recovery - Section 85R1/2. Whoever: causes damage to the property of a...
Section 85s - Physical Alteration or Destruction of Fine Art - Section 85S. (a) The general court hereby finds and declares...
Section 85t - Negligence Action for Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Person Prohibited; Exceptions - Section 85T. In any action for personal injuries, property damage...
Section 85u - Death or Injury to Unlawful Dwelling Occupants; Liability of Lawful Occupants - Section 85U. No person who is a lawful occupant of...
Section 85v - Sports Program Volunteers' Liability; Definitions - Section 85V. As used in this section, unless the context...
Section 85w - Officers and Directors of Charitable Corporations; Tort Liability - Section 85W. Except as provided otherwise in this section and...
Section 85x - Loss of Consortium of a Dependent Child; Cause of Action - Section 85X. The parents of a minor child or an...
Section 85y - Child Care Facilities; Liability of Owner of Property for Injury or Damage on Premises - Section 85Y. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the...
Section 85z - Conveyances Without Fair Consideration by Persons in Contempt of an Order or Judgment for Child Support; Civil Action - Section 85Z. A person who has been adjudged to be...
Section 85aa - Liability of Registered Rescue Volunteers - Section 85AA. No person duly registered by the department of...
Section 85bb - False Claim of Hours Worked Knowingly Submitted by Law Enforcement Officer - Section 85BB. (a) A law enforcement officer, as defined in...
Section 87 - Pleadings as Evidence; Effect - Section 87. In any civil action pleadings shall not be...
Section 88 - Effect of Unaccepted Offer of Judgment - Section 88. An offer of judgment made under the provisions...
Section 89 - Use at Trial of Answers to Interrogatories - Section 89. The answers of a party to interrogatories filed...
Section 91 - Effect of Unproved Defense of Truth in Action of Slander or Libel; Proof of Statements Not Contained in Pleadings - Section 91. In an action of slander or libel, if...
Section 91a - Radio or Television Broadcast; Liability of Owner of Station, Etc. - Section 91A. The owner, operator or licensee of a radio...
Section 91b - Statement Relating to Bank Loan for Purchase of Goods or Services as Defense to Claim for Libel - Section 91B. It shall be a defense to any claim...
Section 92 - Truth as Justification for Libel - Section 92. The defendant in an action for writing or...
Section 93 - Retraction of Libel; Mitigation of Damages; Punitive Damages - Section 93. Where the defendant in an action for libel,...
Section 94 - Evidence in Mitigation of Damages - Section 94. In an action for libel, the defendant may...
Section 94a - Probable Cause as Defence in Action for False Arrest - Section 94A. If a person authorized to make an arrest...
Section 94b - False Arrest; Shoplifting; Defrauding Innkeepers; Defenses - Section 94B. In an action for false arrest or false...
Section 94c - False Arrest; Theft of Public Records; Defenses - Section 94C. In an action for false arrest or false...
Section 95 - Defense to Action on Default Judgment - Section 95. In an action upon a judgment obtained by...
Section 96 - Relief From Final Judgment; Vacation; Effect of Attachment - Section 96. On motion made pursuant to the Massachusetts Rules...
Section 97 - Appeal to Superior Court - Section 97. Unless a written waiver of the right of...
Section 98 - Appeal Bond - Section 98. No appeal, other than an appeal by a...
Section 99 - Deposit in Lieu of Appeal Bond - Section 99. The appellant or any person in his behalf,...
Section 101 - Record on Appeal to Superior Court; Transmission - Section 101. When an appeal is taken from a judgment...
Section 102 - Docket Entries on Taking Appeal - Section 102. When such appeal is taken, the names of...
Section 102c - Transfer of Action From Superior Court; Trial; Decision; Notice; Judgment; Retransfer; Trial - Section 102C. The superior court may of its own motion...
Section 103 - Waiver of Jury Trial and Right of Appeal in Cases Brought in District Court - Section 103. If a party elects to bring in any...
Section 104 - Removal From District Court to Superior Court - Section 104. Any other party, a plaintiff against whom a...
Section 104a - Multiple Judgments Specification for Removal to Superior Court - Section 104A. In any action brought by or against two...
Section 106 - Deposit in Lieu of Removal Bond - Section 106. Any party, in lieu of filing the bond...
Section 107 - Circumstances Making Removal Bond Unnecessary - Section 107. No bond or deposit under section one hundred...
Section 108 - Appellate Divisions of District Courts; Assignment and Compensation of Justices; Procedure - Section 108. There shall be an appellate division of each...
Section 109 - Appeal to Appeals Court From Appellate Division - Section 109. An appeal to the appeals court shall lie...
Section 110 - Powers of Appellate Division - Section 110. The appellate division of each district court shall...
Section 111 - Report by Single Justice - Section 111. A justice of the superior or land court...
Section 112 - Report by Single Justice of Supreme Judicial Court - Section 112. A justice of the supreme judicial court, after...
Section 112a - Appellate Proceedings Upon Report; Application of Rules of Appellate Procedure - Section 112A. Proceedings before the appeals court or the full...
Section 112b - Objections to Rulings or Orders - Section 112B. In civil actions, formal exceptions to rulings or...
Section 113 - Appeal From Final Judgment of Superior Court, Land Court and Housing Courts - Section 113. A party aggrieved by a final judgment of...
Section 114 - Appeal From Final Judgment of Single Justice of Supreme Judicial Court - Section 114. A party aggrieved by a final judgment of...
Section 115 - Disposition of Judgment on Appeal; Stay of Execution - Section 115. Upon an appeal the appeals court or the...
Section 116 - Protective Orders Pending Appeal - Section 116. Upon an appeal from a final judgment, the...
Section 117 - Temporary Appellate Relief From Final Judgments Pending Appeal - Section 117. After an appeal has been taken from a...
Section 118 - Temporary Appellate Relief From Interlocutory Orders; Appeals to Appeals Court or Supreme Judicial Court - Section 118. A party aggrieved by an interlocutory order of...
Section 118a - Appeal From Interlocutory Order for Equitable Relief - Section 118A. A party aggrieved by an interlocutory order of...
Section 119 - Harmless Error; Disposition of Judgment on Appeal - Section 119. No error in either the admission or the...
Section 124 - Determination of Questions of Law by Full Court on Appeal - Section 124. Whenever a question in dispute at the trial...
Section 125 - Appellate Court's Powers of Amendment; Additional Testimony - Section 125. Upon appeal in a civil action the appeals...
Section 125a - Further Report of Material Facts in Equity and Probate Appeals - Section 125A. Upon appeal in any case, in equity or...
Section 130 - Costs on Refusal of New Trial - Section 130. If a new trial is refused, the court...
Section 132 - Error Not Affecting Substantial Rights; Partial New Trial - Section 132. No new trial shall be granted in any...
Section 138 - Amendment of Pleadings; Notice and Hearing Requisite to Bind Certain Persons; Appeal - Section 138. No subsequent attaching creditor or purchaser of property...
Section 139 - Representation of Corporate Party by Officer or Agent - Section 139. If a corporation is a party to an...
Section 140a - Conclusiveness of Consent Judgment in Automobile Case - Section 140A. In an action to recover damages for injuries...
Section 140b - Advance Payments or Settlements of Claims by Insurers; Effect Upon Liability; Admissibility as Evidence; Credit Upon Judgment; Notice of Limitations to Claimant by Insurer; Accrual of Cause of Action - Section 140B. Any person against whom a claim or suit...
Section 140c - Settlement or Partial Payment by Insurer as Admission of Liability - Section 140C. No settlement or partial payment made under a...
Section 140c1/2 - Settlement of Claim of Minor or Incompetent; Judicial Powers; Petition for Settlement Approval - Section 140C1/2. The trial court may review and approve a...