General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 256 Recognizances for Debts
- Massachusetts General Laws - Form and contents - Chapter 256, Section 1
A person who is competent to contract by bond may subject his person and property to be taken on execution by entering into a recognizance...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Record - Chapter 256, Section 2
The recognizance shall be attested by the clerk of the court, shall be recorded at length in a book kept for the purpose and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Execution; issuance; service - Chapter 256, Section 3
If the debt is not paid at the time named in the recognizance, the court may issue an execution in favor of the conusee for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Execution; conditions precedent - Chapter 256, Section 4
Before such execution issues, the original recognizance shall be filed with the clerk, who shall compute the amount, deducting any payments endorsed, and shall issue...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Death of conusee - Chapter 256, Section 5
If the conusee dies before the debt is paid, his executor or administrator may, upon exhibiting to the clerk his letters testamentary or of administration,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Death of conusor - Chapter 256, Section 6
If the conusor dies before the debt is fully paid, no execution therefor shall issue as of course, but his estate shall be liable for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Death of one of several conusors or conusees - Chapter 256, Section 7
If one or more of several conusees or conusors dies before the debt is fully satisfied, the rights and obligations of the survivors and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Original execution; limitation on time for issuance - Chapter 256, Section 8
No original execution shall issue as of course upon such recognizance after the expiration of three years from the time therein named for payment of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Wrongful execution; remedies - Chapter 256, Section 9
A person who is injured by the wrongful issue or levy of an execution under this chapter may have a remedy as if the execution...
Last modified: September 11, 2015