General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 224 Arrest on Mesne Process and Supplementary Proceedings in Civil Actions
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 224, Section 1
The word “court”, in this chapter, shall include a justice of such court, and a special justice thereof when exercising the functions of a justice....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 46 - Chapter 224, Section 2 to 5
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Arrest of debtor on execution; proceedings for examination, commitment or discharge; venue; recognizance; bail; sureties; liability for escape - Chapter 224, Section 6
All proceedings for the examination, commitment or discharge of a defendant arrested on execution, and all supplementary proceedings under this chapter as to a judgment...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Surrender of principal on recognizance by surety; new recognizance - Chapter 224, Section 7
Whoever recognizes as surety for another as provided in this chapter may at any time before breach of the recognizance surrender his principal and exonerate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Recognizances and bonds; breach; remedies - Chapter 224, Section 8
If the condition of a recognizance or bond taken under this chapter is broken, the creditor may, within one year after such breach, commence an...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 48 - Chapter 224, Section 9 to 11
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Support in jail; discharge - Chapter 224, Section 12
If the defendant or debtor while confined in jail on execution claims support as a poor person, the jailer shall furnish his support at the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 50 - Chapter 224, Section 13
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Supplementary process; application; corporations and certain trusts; service; proceedings - Chapter 224, Section 14
A judgment creditor or a person in his behalf may file in court an application for supplementary process under this chapter. Upon the filing of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Judgment debtor; examination - Chapter 224, Section 15
The judgment debtor, if appearing, shall be examined on oath as to his or its property and ability to pay; provided, however, if the debtor...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Dismissal of proceedings; orders to produce property or make payment; failure to obey orders - Chapter 224, Section 16
If the court finds that the debtor has no property not exempt from being taken on execution, and is unable to pay the judgment, in...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Redemption of property transferred; refusal or acceptance of transfer by creditor - Chapter 224, Section 17
The debtor may redeem real property within one year, and personal property within sixty days, after the date of any transfer, assignment or conveyance made...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Contempt; procedure; effect; appeal - Chapter 224, Section 18
The court may issue warrants for arrest and other processes to secure the attendance of debtors or creditors to answer for any contempt under this...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Charges of fraud; procedure; sentence; appeal - Chapter 224, Section 19
At any time pending the examination of the defendant or debtor, the plaintiff or creditor or a person in his behalf may allege charges, to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Transfer of property pending examination; commitment for contempt; exceptions - Chapter 224, Section 20
If at the examination of the debtor it appears that after service of supplementary process, the debtor has made a payment of money or a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Supplementary proceedings; dismissal; discharge of debtor - Chapter 224, Section 21
Supplementary proceedings shall be dismissed, and if the debtor or, if a corporation or trust with transferable shares, its officer, trustee or agent, has been...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Habeas corpus - Chapter 224, Section 22
The court may issue a writ of habeas corpus to bring before it for examination or disposition or for the purpose of giving bond, a...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Process servers - Chapter 224, Section 23
Constables qualified to serve civil process, as well as sheriffs and their deputies, shall have authority to serve any process under this chapter.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Debtors of commonwealth; discharge - Chapter 224, Section 24
If a debtor committed to prison on a warrant of distress in favor of the commonwealth is unable to pay the debt for which he...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Debtors of commonwealth; examination - Chapter 224, Section 25
If he represents to the jailer that he desires to be examined relative to his property and ability to pay, the jailer shall notify the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Debtors of commonwealth; appointment of special counsel - Chapter 224, Section 26
If the district attorney does not reside in the town appointed for or is unable to attend the examination, he may appoint counsel in his...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1970, 888, Sec. 26 - Chapter 224, Section 27
Repealed, 1970, 888, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Persons committed for non-payment of tax; manner of discharge - Chapter 224, Section 28
A person who has been committed to jail for the non-payment of a tax, if since his commitment he has not had any property, real...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Insolvency or bankruptcy; effect - Chapter 224, Section 29
If a person arrested on execution becomes an insolvent debtor under the laws of this commonwealth or a bankrupt under the laws of the United...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adjournments; attendance of witnesses - Chapter 224, Section 30
In any proceeding under this chapter the court may adjourn the case from time to time, and shall have the same powers relative to all...
Last modified: September 11, 2015