Section 17. An action of replevin shall not be dismissed by reason of a defect in the form or substance of the bond taken therein, if the court is satisfied that such bond was intended in good faith as a compliance with the law requiring a bond to be taken before service of the writ and if the plaintiff, within such time and upon such terms as the court orders, files a new bond such as is required by law, approved by the court or in the manner provided in section fourteen.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title IV - Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases
Section 1 - Distrained or Impounded Beasts
Section 3 - Amount of Bond; Appraisal of Property
Section 5 - Judgment for Defendant
Section 6 - Judgment for Plaintiff
Section 7 - Goods Unlawfully Taken, Detained or Attached
Section 8 - Bond; Amount; Appraisal of Goods
Section 9 - Judgment for Defendant
Section 10 - Damages; Assessment; Rate
Section 11 - Money Recovered by Officer After Replevin of Goods Attached, etc.; Disposition
Section 12 - Application of Amounts Received by Creditor
Section 13 - Judgment for Plaintiff
Section 14 - Sureties on Bond; Approval
Section 15 - Approval of Sureties; Proceedings
Section 17 - Defects in Bond; Dismissal of Action
Section 18 - Actions Against Sureties; Serving and Entering Writ; Limitations
Section 19 - Damages; Assessment
Section 20 - Judgment for Return of Goods Attached