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Section 1 - Issuance of Summonses for Witnesses - Section 1. A clerk of a court of record, a...
Section 2 - Service of Summons - Section 2. Such summons may be served in any county...
Section 3 - Witness Fees; Payment or Tender - Section 3. No person shall be required to attend as...
Section 3a - Representation of Commissioner of Banks - Section 3A. If the commissioner of banks is summoned as...
Section 4 - Liability for Nonattendance - Section 4. If a person who has been duly summoned...
Section 5 - Penalty for Nonattendance; Contempt - Section 5. Such failure to attend as a witness before...
Section 6 - Warrant for Nonattending Witness - Section 6. The court, justice, master in chancery, master, auditor...
Section 7 - Witnesses Before Executive Council - Section 7. Witnesses may be summoned to attend and testify...
Section 8 - Bodies Authorized to Summon Witnesses; Oath - Section 8. Witnesses may be summoned to attend and testify...
Section 9 - Warrant for Witness Failing to Attend Before Nonjudicial Tribunal - Section 9. If a witness who has been so summoned...
Section 10 - Enforcing Attendance Before Nonjudicial Tribunal - Section 10. A justice of the supreme judicial or the...
Section 11 - Requiring Testimony - Section 11. A justice of the supreme judicial or the...
Section 12 - Summons for Attendance at Criminal Trial Outside State - Section 12. A justice of the peace, upon receipt of...
Section 13 - Penalty for Nonattendance Outside State - Section 13. If the person on whom such summons is...
Section 13a - Attendance of Witnesses Outside State; Hearing and Summons; Failure to Attend - Section 13A. If a certificate wherein a judge of a...
Section 13b - Attendance of Witness From Another State; Fees; Failure to Attend - Section 13B. If a person in any state which by...
Section 13c - Exemption From Arrest and Process of Witnesses From Outside State - Section 13C. If a person comes into this commonwealth in...
Section 13d - Short Title; Construction of Law - Section 13D. Sections thirteen A to thirteen C, inclusive, may...
Section 14 - Persons Authorized to Administer Oaths - Section 14. Arbitrators, referees, masters and auditors appointed according to...
Section 15 - Mode of Administering Oaths - Section 15. The usual mode of administering oaths now practiced...
Section 16 - Mode Requested by Affiant - Section 16. If a person to be sworn declares that...
Section 17 - Affirmation by Quakers - Section 17. A Friend or Quaker when called on to...
Section 18 - Affirmation for Reasons of Conscience - Section 18. A person who declares that he has conscientious...
Section 19 - Oaths of Non–christians - Section 19. A person believing in any other than the...
Section 20 - Competency of Witnesses; Husband and Wife; Criminal Defendant; Parent and Child - Section 20. Any person of sufficient understanding, although a party,...
Section 20a - Privileged Communications; Communications With Clergymen - Section 20A. A priest, rabbi or ordained or licensed minister...
Section 20b - Privileged Communications; Patients and Psychotherapists; Exceptions - Section 20B. The following words as used in this section...
Section 20c - Immunity From Prosecution; Privilege Against Self-Incrimination - Section 20C. In any investigation or proceeding before a grand...
Section 20d - Crimes Subject to Immunity - Section 20D. A witness who is called or who may...
Section 20e - Application for Witness Immunity by Attorney General or District Attorney; Hearing; Representation of Witness; Notice or Waiver; Transcript - Section 20E. (a) A justice of the supreme judicial court,...
Section 20g - Scope of Immunity; Copies of Transcript of Testimony Compelled and Documents Furnished; Availability to Witness - Section 20G. A witness who has been granted immunity as...
Section 20h - Contempt of Court; Punishment; Appeal - Section 20H. If a witness has been granted immunity pursuant...
Section 20i - Necessity of Corroborating Testimony Of, or Evidence Produced By, Person Granted Immunity - Section 20I. No defendant in any criminal proceeding shall be...
Section 20j - Sexual Assault; Confidential Communications With Sexual Assault Counsellor; Disclosure; Discovery - Section 20J. As used in this section the following words,...
Section 20k - Domestic Violence Victims' Counselors; Confidential Communications - Section 20K. As used in this section the following words...
Section 20l - Confidentiality of Domestic Violence Victims' Program and Rape Crisis Center Locations - Section 20L. The location and street address of all domestic...
Section 20m - Disclosure of Confidential Communication Regarding Human Trafficking Victim by Caseworker - Section 20M. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 20n - Disclosure of Home Address or Personal Telephone Number of Social Worker Employed by the Department of Children and Families; Service of Process, Summons or Subpoena Upon Social Worker; State-Issued Identification Cards - Section 20N. (a) No court shall permit or require the...
Section 20o - Crisis Intervention Services for Emergency Service Provider; Confidentiality of Information - Section 20O. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 21 - Proof of Conviction of Crime to Affect Credibility - Section 21. The conviction of a witness of a crime...
Section 21a - Evidence of Reputation - Section 21A. Evidence of the reputation of a person in...
Section 21b - Evidence of Sex Crime Victim's Sexual Conduct; Admission Hearing; Findings - Section 21B. Evidence of the reputation of a victim's sexual...
Section 22 - Cross-Examination of Adverse Party; Corporation's Agent as Adverse Party - Section 22. A party who calls the adverse party as...
Section 23 - Impeachment of Party's Own Witness - Section 23. The party who produces a witness shall not...
Section 23a - Admissibility of Written or Recorded Statements of Party to Personal Injury Action - Section 23A. In any action to recover damages for personal...
Section 23b - Accused; Statements Made While Undergoing Psychiatric Examination; Admissibility - Section 23B. In the trial of an indictment or complaint...
Section 23c - Work Product of Mediator Confidential; Confidential Communications; Exception; Mediator Defined - Section 23C. All memoranda, and other work product prepared by...
Section 23d - Admissibility of Benevolent Statements, Writings or Gestures Relating to Accident Victims - Section 23D. As used in this section the following words...
Section 23e - Alternative Procedure for Determining Competency of Witnesses With an Intellectual Disability - Section 23E. (a) For the purposes of this section, the...
Section 23f - Admissibility of Past Physical, Sexual or Psychological Abuse of Defendant - Section 23F. In the trial of criminal cases charging the...
Section 24 - Depositions in Civil Cases Authorized - Section 24. Depositions may be taken as provided in this...
Section 24a - Medical Witnesses - Section 24A. At trial of a civil matter in the...
Section 25 - Grounds for Deposition - Section 25. If a witness or party whose testimony is...
Section 26 - Notice of Taking Deposition - Section 26. After service of process in an action, or...
Section 27 - Persons on Whom Notice May Be Served - Section 27. The notice may be served on the adverse...
Section 28 - Mode of Service - Section 28. The notice shall be served by delivering an...
Section 29 - Verbal Notice; Waiver of Notice, Etc. - Section 29. The justice or notary who takes the deposition...
Section 30 - Oath and Examination of Deponent - Section 30. The deponent shall be sworn or affirmed to...
Section 31 - Order of Examination - Section 31. The party producing the deponent shall be allowed...
Section 32 - Mode of Taking Deposition - Section 32. The deposition shall be written by the justice...
Section 33 - Certification of Deposition - Section 33. The justice or notary shall annex to the...
Section 34 - Delivery and Preservation of Deposition - Section 34. The deposition shall be delivered by the justice...
Section 35 - Exclusion of Deposition - Section 35. The court may exclude the deposition if it...
Section 36 - Objections to Deposition - Section 36. Objections to the competency or credibility of the...
Section 37 - Use of Deposition in Second Action - Section 37. If a plaintiff discontinues his action or becomes...
Section 38 - Compelling Giving of Deposition; Place - Section 38. A person may be summoned and compelled to...
Section 39 - Place of Taking Deposition of Nonresident Found Within Commonwealth - Section 39. A person not a resident of but found...
Section 40 - Rules for Taking Depositions - Section 40. The courts may make rules regulating the time...
Section 41 - Taking Deposition Outside Commonwealth - Section 41. The deposition of a person without the commonwealth...
Section 42 - Written Interrogatories; Notice to Adverse Party; Production of Documents - Section 42. Unless the court otherwise orders, a deposition taken...
Section 43 - Rules for Taking Depositions Outside of Commonwealth - Section 43. The courts may make rules for the issuing...
Section 44 - Foreign Depositions Obtained Contrary to Statute - Section 44. Depositions and affidavits taken without the commonwealth in...
Section 45 - Deposition for Use in Another State - Section 45. A person may be summoned and compelled, in...
Section 46 - Application to Take Deposition to Perpetuate Testimony - Section 46. If a person desires to perpetuate his own...
Section 47 - Notice of Taking Deposition; Compelling Testimony - Section 47. The justices or notaries shall thereupon cause notice...
Section 48 - Objections to Taking Deposition; Procedure - Section 48. If at the time and place so appointed...
Section 49 - Mode of Taking Deposition - Section 49. The deponent shall be sworn and examined, and...
Section 50 - Recording Deposition - Section 50. The deposition, the certificate and the application of...
Section 51 - Use of Deposition in Action - Section 51. If, at the time of taking such deposition...
Section 52 - Perpetuation of Testimony of Nonresidents - Section 52. Depositions to perpetuate the testimony of persons living...
Section 53 - Application to Perpetuate Testimony of Nonresidents - Section 53. The person who desires to take such deposition...
Section 54 - Notice of Taking Deposition - Section 54. The court shall order notice of such application...
Section 55 - Issuance of Commission - Section 55. If, upon hearing the parties who appear, the...
Section 56 - Written Interrogatories - Section 56. The deposition shall be taken upon written interrogatories...
Section 57 - Rules for Perpetuation of Testimony of Witnesses Without Commonwealth - Section 57. The supreme judicial court may make rules for...
Section 58 - Use of Deposition - Section 58. Depositions to perpetuate the testimony of witnesses which...
Section 59 - Perpetuation of Testimony for Use Against All Persons - Section 59. Depositions to perpetuate the testimony of witnesses within...
Section 60 - Application for Deposition - Section 60. The person who desires to have such deposition...
Section 61 - Naming Persons Interested; Notice of Taking Deposition - Section 61. The court shall, in addition to the proceedings...
Section 62 - Recording Deposition - Section 62. After such deposition has been taken, it shall...
Section 63 - Use of Deposition Against Any Person - Section 63. A deposition taken and recorded under the provisions...
Section 64 - Admissibility of Dying Declaration of Woman - Section 64. In prosecutions under section nineteen of chapter two...
Section 65 - Admissibility of Declaration of Decedent - Section 65. In any action or other civil judicial proceeding,...
Section 65a - Admissibility of Deceased Party's Answers to Interrogatories - Section 65A. If a party to an action who has...
Section 66 - Evidence in Actions Against an Executor or Administrator - Section 66. If a cause of action brought against an...
Section 67 - Evidence in Equity - Section 67. Evidence in any proceeding seeking equitable relief shall...
Section 68 - Proof of Signature to Attested Instrument - Section 68. A signature to an attested instrument or writing,...
Section 69 - Records of Courts of Other States or United States - Section 69. The records and judicial proceedings of a court...
Section 70 - Judicial Notice of Foreign Law - Section 70. The courts shall take judicial notice of the...
Section 73 - Foreign Oaths and Affidavits - Section 73. All oaths and affidavits administered or taken by...
Section 74 - Evidence of Acts of Incorporation - Section 74. Acts of incorporation shall be held to be...
Section 75 - Admissibility of Printed Copies of Acts of Legislative and Administrative Bodies - Section 75. The printed copies of all statutes, acts and...
Section 76 - Admissibility of Authenticated Records of Governmental Departments - Section 76. Copies of books, papers, documents and records in...
Section 76a - Authenticated Copies of Documents Filed With Securities and Exchange Commission - Section 76A. Photostatic or other copies of applications, reports, books,...
Section 76b - Printed Copies of Schedules, Classifications and Tariffs Filed With Interstate Commerce Commission - Section 76B. Printed copies of schedules, classifications and tariffs of...
Section 77 - Authenticated Copies of Records of Banks and Trust Companies - Section 77. Copies from the records, books and accounts of...
Section 77a - Bank Account Statement Together With Legible Copy of Check; Prima Facie Proof of Payment - Section 77A. A statement of account of a bank showing...
Section 78 - Entry, Writing or Record Made in Regular Course of Business; Impeachment - Section 78. An entry in an account kept in a...
Section 79 - Records and Copies of Records of Hospitals and Certain Institutions; Admissibility in Evidence - Section 79. Records kept by hospitals, dispensaries or clinics, and...
Section 79a - Certified Copies of Public and Private Records - Section 79A. Copies of public records, of records described in...
Section 79b - Fact Statements Published for Persons in Particular Occupation - Section 79B. Statements of facts of general interest to persons...
Section 79c - Statements of Fact or Opinion in Scientific Publication; Notice of Intention to Use - Section 79C. Statements of facts or opinions on a subject...
Section 79d - Photographic Copies of Newspaper in Library; Prints From Photographic Films - Section 79D. Copies of any newspaper, or part thereof made...
Section 79e - Reproductions of Public or Business Records - Section 79E. If any business, institution, member of a profession...
Section 79f - Proof of Public Way - Section 79F. A certificate by the secretary of the public...
Section 79g - Medical and Hospital Services; Evidence - Section 79G. In any proceeding commenced in any court, commission...
Section 79h - Tort Actions for Personal Injuries or Death; Admissibility of Reports of Deceased Physicians - Section 79H. In an action of tort for personal injuries...
Section 79i - Actions to Recover From Insurer for Theft of Personal Property From Motor Vehicle or Trailer; Prima Facie Evidence of Forcible Entry Into Vehicle - Section 79I. In an action to recover from an insurer...
Section 79j - Business Records Required to Be Produced in Court; Certification, Admissibility and Inspection; Copies - Section 79J. A record kept by any business which is...
Section 79k - Duplicate of Computer Data File or Program File; Admissibility - Section 79K. A duplicate of a computer data file or...
Section 79l - Statements or Conduct Expressing Regret, Apology, Condolence by Health Care Provider; Admissibility - Section 79L. (a) As used in this section, the following...
Section 80 - Transcripts From Stenographic Notes - Section 80. Transcripts from stenographic notes duly taken under authority...
Section 81 - Criminal Proceedings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 81. (a) An out-of-court statement of a child under...
Section 82 - Civil Proceedings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 82. (a) The out-of-court statements of a child under...
Section 83 - Custody Hearings; Out-of-Court Statements Describing Sexual Contact; Admissibility - Section 83. (a) Any out-of-court statements of a child under...