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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 2 · Investigations, hearings and recommendations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 3 · Report; appropriations; offices; rules; immunity; executive director; proceedings
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 4 · Annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 5 · Initiation of proceedings; inquiry, investigation and evaluation; detailed complaint or statement of allegations; formal charges
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 6 · Confidentiality
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 7 · Hearing; recommendation for discipline; attorneys' fees
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 8 · Informal adjustment; sanctions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 9 · Charges against supreme judicial court member
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 10 · Physical or mental disabilities
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211C, § 11 · Advisory committee
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 1 · Committee for public counsel services; establishment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 2 · Indigency; definition, standards and procedures for determination
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 2A · Verification of claim of indigency; waiver by claimant allowing access to information; reassessments following appointment of counsel; reporting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 2B · Appointment of counsel for criminal defendant charged with misdemeanor or municipal ordinance or bylaw violation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 3 · Accepting of gifts, grants or contributions; contracts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 4 · Rules and regulations; annual report; training; rotating appointment mechanism
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 5 · Appointment or assignment of counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 6 · Public defender and private counsel divisions; duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 6A · Establishment of children and family law program; utilization of certified private counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 6B · Payment of counsel
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 7 · Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 114
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 8 · Assignment of case of indigent accused of murder
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 9 · Division standards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 10 · Committee monitoring of standards compliance; review of client complaints
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 11 · Compensation rates; limitation on annual billable hours payable; limitation on new appointments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 12 · Private counsel compensation; audit and oversight department; submission of invoices for payment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 13 · Chief counsel; deputies; staff; compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 14 · Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 117
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 15 · Community advisory board; Roxbury community; consultation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 16 · Appointment of counsel; sex offender registry classification system
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 17 · Children and Family Legal Representation Trust Fund; administration; purpose; annual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211D, § 21/2 · Repealed, 2011, 68, Sec. 112
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211E, § 1 · Massachusetts sentencing commission; members; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211E, § 2 · Purpose of sentencing commission
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211E, § 3 · Recommended sentencing guidelines
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211E, § 4 · Review of sentence
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 1 · Definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 2 · Office of community corrections; executive director
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 3 · Sentence to community corrections program; duration; conditions; eligibility
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 3A · Participation in a pretrial services program in lieu of bail or as condition of release
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 3B · Utilization of programs offered through community corrections program for persons not sentenced to community corrections program under Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 4 · Community correction plans
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 5 · Biannual report
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211F, § 6 · County community corrections advisory boards
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 1 · Number of superior court justices; chief justice; definitions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 1A · Deputy court administrator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 2 · Court; manner of holding
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 3 · Exclusive original jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 3A · Statement to accompany complaint for civil action for damages
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 4 · Original jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 5 · Appellate civil jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 6 · Criminal jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 7 · Indictments; transmittal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 8 · Security in civil or criminal cases to stand on appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 9 · Orders or decrees of supreme judicial court; recording
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 10 · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 53
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 11 · Repealed, 1929, 265, Sec. 4
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 12 · Affirmation of judgment on non-entry of appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 13 · Late entry of appeal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 14 · Sittings of court; places
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 14A · Sittings; first justices; powers and duties; terms; removal
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 14B · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 119
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 14C · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 56
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 14D to 14F · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 119
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 15 to 18 · Repealed, 1932, 144, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 18A · Repealed, 1923, 262, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 19 · Clerk's office
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 19A · Special master
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 20 · Civil and criminal business; separation; jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 20A · Central pools of jurors
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 21 · Special jury sittings for criminal business
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 22 · Return day in criminal cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 23 · Grand jury; assembling
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 24 · Precedence of certain prosecutions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 25 · Continuance of sitting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 26 · Records; custody
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 26A · Land title actions; jury-waived civil actions; transfer to land court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 27, 28 · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 125
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 28A · Repealed, 1949, 654, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 29 · Speedy trial of persons held in default of bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 30 · Labor dispute cases; panel of justices; hearing; review
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1 · Chief justices; vacancies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1A · Concurrent jurisdiction; exception
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1B · Questions of law; reservation; report to appeals court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1C, 1D · Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 60
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 2 · Process; issuance in other counties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 3 · Rules; power to make and promulgate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 3A · Rules; printing and disposition of copies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 4 · Courts always open
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 5 · Transaction of business in any county
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 6 · Duration of sittings; adjournments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 7 · Simultaneous sessions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 8 · Accounts and expenses; allowance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 9 · Attendance of justices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 10 · Adjournment to another shire town
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 11 · Adjournment in absence of justice; sheriff's duty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 12 · Written order to sheriff to adjourn; absence of justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 13 · Seal; officers of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, § 1 · General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 214, § 1A · Remedy in damages no bar to suit for specific performance of contract