Section 5. If it is unsafe or inexpedient to hold a court at the time and place appointed, a justice of the court may appoint another time and place within the same county for holding the same. Such adjournment shall be made by an order in writing, signed by the justice or justices, and served by public proclamation by the person to whom it is directed in the shire town or as near thereto as is safe, and also by publication in such newspaper or in such other manner as is required in the order.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases
Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers
Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization
Section 1 - Flags; Display in Courts
Section 3 - Conservators of Peace; Powers of Justices
Section 4 - First Day of Sitting; Designation
Section 5 - Change of Time and Place of Court; Notice
Section 6 - Business Days; Exceptions
Section 8 - Purchase of Claims by Attorney and Court Officers, etc., Prohibited; Penalty
Section 10 - Judge, etc.; Interest of Town in Suit or Proceeding
Section 11 - United States Judicial Officer; Ineligibility for Certain Offices
Section 12 - Referee in Bankruptcy; Ineligibility for Certain Offices
Section 13 - Exclusion of Minors as Spectators From Court Room
Section 13a - Contempt Cases; Rights of Defendant
Section 13b - Contempt Cases; Demand for Retirement of Justice Sitting
Section 14 - Commitment for Contempt; Service of Process
Section 14a - Time Within Which Certain Decisions to Be Rendered