Section 12. In such case, any justice may by a written order require the sheriff or his deputy to adjourn the court without day or to the time expressed in the order; and the officer shall adjourn the court accordingly by public proclamation in the court house.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 213 - Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts
Section 1 - Chief Justices; Vacancies
Section 1a - Concurrent Jurisdiction; Exception
Section 1b - Questions of Law; Reservation; Report to Appeals Court
Section 2 - Process; Issuance in Other Counties
Section 3 - Rules; Power to Make and Promulgate
Section 3a - Rules; Printing and Disposition of Copies
Section 4 - Courts Always Open
Section 5 - Transaction of Business in Any County
Section 6 - Duration of Sittings; Adjournments
Section 7 - Simultaneous Sessions
Section 8 - Accounts and Expenses; Allowance
Section 9 - Attendance of Justices
Section 10 - Adjournment to Another Shire Town
Section 11 - Adjournment in Absence of Justice; Sheriff's Duty
Section 12 - Written Order to Sheriff to Adjourn; Absence of Justice