Section 12. The supreme judicial court shall hold sittings for the hearing and determination of questions of law arising in any cases at such times and places as the court shall by rule determine, and any such sittings may be adjourned to such places and times as shall appear to the court to be most conducive to the dispatch of business and to the interests of the public.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 211 - The Supreme Judicial Court
Section 1 - Number of Justices
Section 2a - Statement of Expenses and Costs
Section 3 - Superintendence of Inferior Courts; Power to Issue Writs and Process
Section 3a - Administrative Assistant
Section 3b - Conferences of Judges
Section 4 - Removal of Officers
Section 4a - Transfer of Causes Between Supreme Judicial Court and Lower Courts
Section 5 - Questions of Law; Hearing by Full Court
Section 6 - Questions of Law; Reservation
Section 7 - Questions of Law; Argument; Order
Section 8 - Judgment or Rescript After Decision
Section 9 - Records and Rescripts; Contents
Section 10 - Frivolous Appeals; Costs and Interest
Section 12 - Law Sittings; Adjournments
Section 14 - Transfer of Cases by Full Court
Section 15 - Criminal Cases; Hearings
Section 16 - Hearing in Boston of Questions Arising in Other Counties
Section 17 - Jury Sittings; Times and Places of Sittings
Section 18 - Sittings at Fall River; Adjournments
Section 19 - Dukes or Nantucket County Cases; Place of Trial
Section 20 - Powers of Justices at Jury and Law Sittings
Section 21 - Audit of Accounts
Section 22 - Salaries of Justices; Expenses; Practice of Law Prohibited
Section 24 - Services of Retired Justices
Section 25 - Disability Benefits Project
Section 26 - Program for Evaluation of Judicial Performance
Section 26b - Judicial Evaluation Standards; Disciplinary Procedures
Section 27 - Pre-Service and In-Service Training Programs for Justices; Administration
Section 28 - Leave of Absence for Study, Research, etc.; Restrictions