Section 4. The courts shall always be open in every county and the business thereof, or of the justices thereof, may be transacted at any time; but such business shall not, except as provided in section six of chapter two hundred and twenty, be transacted on Saturday or Sunday or on a legal holiday unless it relates to an application which, in the opinion of the justice to whom it is made, is of pressing necessity; provided, that, if the convenience of the public so requires, either court shall be open for the transaction of business on such Saturdays, not legal holidays, and during such hours thereof, as the chief justice thereof may determine.
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