General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 213 Provisions Common to the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts

• Massachusetts General Laws - Chief justices; vacancies - Chapter 213, Section 1
  In case of a vacancy in the office of chief justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, or of his illness or absence,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Concurrent jurisdiction; exception - Chapter 213, Section 1A
  Unless otherwise specifically provided, the superior court shall have original jurisdiction, concurrently with the supreme judicial court, of all proceedings, cases and matters of which...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Questions of law; reservation; report to appeals court - Chapter 213, Section 1B
  Questions of law arising in any proceeding of which jurisdiction is vested in the superior court by section one A may be reserved and reported...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 60 - Chapter 213, Section 1C 1D
  Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec.
• Massachusetts General Laws - Process; issuance in other counties - Chapter 213, Section 2
  If, in the opinion of a justice of either court, it is important that a writ or other process should be speedily issued in a...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules; power to make and promulgate - Chapter 213, Section 3
  The courts shall, respectively, make and promulgate uniform codes of rules, consistent with law, for regulating the practice and conducting the business of such courts...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rules; printing and disposition of copies - Chapter 213, Section 3A
  Copies of the rules, as provided for in section three, shall be printed at the expense of the commonwealth from such sums as may be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Courts always open - Chapter 213, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Transaction of business in any county - Chapter 213, Section 5
  The courts and the justices thereof, respectively, may in any county transact any business of such courts and direct the entry of any order, judgment...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Duration of sittings; adjournments - Chapter 213, Section 6
  Regular sittings of the courts for the transaction of civil or criminal business shall commence on the day appointed therefor and end on the day...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Simultaneous sessions - Chapter 213, Section 7
  Two or more simultaneous sessions of the court may be held in the same shire town or in different shire towns in the same county,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Accounts and expenses; allowance - Chapter 213, Section 8
  The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings and order payment thereof out of the state
• Massachusetts General Laws - Attendance of justices - Chapter 213, Section 9
  The justices of each court, except as otherwise provided, shall make such arrangements for the attendance of a justice at the several times and places...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Adjournment to another shire town - Chapter 213, Section 10
  If public business requires, either court may adjourn an established sitting in one shire town to another in the same county. Persons, recognizances and processes...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Adjournment in absence of justice; sheriff’s duty - Chapter 213, Section 11
  If no justice is present at the time and place appointed for holding a court at the beginning of a sitting or at an adjournment...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Written order to sheriff to adjourn; absence of justice - Chapter 213, 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...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Seal; officers of court - Chapter 213, Section 13
  Each court may establish a seal and appoint all officers necessary for the transaction of its business.

Last modified: September 11, 2015