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- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 18 · Justices and clerks; receipt of certain fees; prohibition
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 19 · General provisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 19A · District court or Boston municipal court; statement of facts in support of civil action for damages; dismissal; appeals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 19B · District court or Boston municipal court; trial by jury of six; appeals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 19C · District court jurisdiction; equity powers and rules
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 19D · Housing specialists; appointment; knowledge requisites; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 20 · Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 21 · Power to establish rules of small claims procedure; venue; jurisdictional amount; hearings; damages and penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 22 · Procedure
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 23 · Initial determination of cause; removal; claim for trial by jury; bond or deposit; finding as evidence; report to appellate division
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 24 · Transfer to regular docket
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 25 · Costs; discretion of court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 26 · General provisions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 26A · Trial by jury; discovery; jury-waived trial; record of proceedings; probation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 27 · Imposition of penalties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 27A · Jury sessions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 28 · Recognizances to keep peace
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 29 · Repealed, 1964, 308, Sec. 10
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 30 · Binding over to superior court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 31 · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 142
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 32 · Complaints and warrants
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 32A · Inclusion of offense-based tracking number on application for complaint
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 33 · Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 34 · Arrest without warrant; endorsement of complaint by arresting officer
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 35 · Complaints, warrants and process; power to issue; disqualification to hear case; destruction of applications for complaints
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 35A · Process; issuance on complaints for misdemeanors; consideration of criminal records and domestic violence records; right to hearing
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 36 · Justice of peace; taking bail
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 37 · Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 38 · Access to courts; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 39 · Books and supplies
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 40 · Part-time special justices; authorized cases
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 41 · Special justice; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 42 · Adjournment when justice absent
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 42A · Chief justice; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 42B · Deputy court administrator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43 · Uniform rules of practice and procedure; power to make and promulgate
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43A · Uniform practices; forms; superintendence of record keeping
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43B · Official forms; powers of chief justice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43C · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 199
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43D · Repealed, 1993, 478, Sec. 7
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43E · Community mediation advisory board; coordinator
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 44 · Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 45, 46 · Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 15
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 47 · Clerks; duty to make payments and to account; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 48 · Sentences to Deer Island
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 49 · Clerks; duty to pay certain fees; advances; accounting
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 50 · Justices; number; vacation and sick leave; rule making power
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 51 · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 205
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 51A · Chief justice of the Boston Municipal Court department; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 52 · Justices and special justices; assignment; additional sessions; compensation, etc.
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 52A · Clerks; criminal and civil business
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 53 · Clerks and assistant clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 53A · Temporary assistant clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 54 · Civil jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 55 · Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 56 · Clerks; accounting; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 57 · Juvenile courts; divisions; territorial jurisdiction; appeals
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 57A · Chief justice for the juvenile court department; powers and duties
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 57B · Deputy court administrator for the juvenile court department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 58 · Justices and clerks; assignment; salaries; vacation and sick leave; interpreters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 58A · Administrative assistant for intergovernmental relations
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 58B · Special justices of Boston juvenile court; certification of full-time duties; restrictions on employment
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 58C · Special justices of juvenile court
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 59 · Powers, duties and procedure; jurisdiction
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 60 · Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 61 to 65 · Repealed, 1992, 379, Sec. 168
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 66 · Boston municipal court department; messenger
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 67 · Boston municipal court; interpreters
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 68 · East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; interpreter
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 69 · Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 70 · Clerks of Boston municipal and juvenile court departments; allowance for assistance
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 71 to 73 · Repealed, 1922, 399, Sec. 3
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 74 · Monthly installments
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 75, 75A · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 75B · Salaries of assistant clerks of Boston municipal court department
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 76, 76A · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 77 · Repealed, 1955, 741, Sec. 1A
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 77A, 77B · Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 224
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 78 · Repealed, 1975, 863, Sec. 6
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 79 · Salaries of clerks
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 80 · Compensation of assistant clerks; practice of law
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 80A · Boston municipal court department; salaries of secretary and assistant secretary to justices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 81 · Traveling expenses
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 82 · Repealed, 1956, 738, Sec. 8
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 82A · Repealed, 1969, 867, Sec. 2
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 83 · Repealed, 1931, 301, Sec. 36
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 84 · Computation of compensation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 1 · Flags; display in courts
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 2 · General powers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 3 · Conservators of peace; powers of justices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 4 · First day of sitting; designation
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 5 · Change of time and place of court; notice
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 6 · Business days; exceptions
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 7 · Process servers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 8 · Purchase of claims by attorney and court officers, etc., prohibited; penalty
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 9 · Criers
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 10 · Judge, etc.; interest of town in suit or proceeding
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 11 · United States judicial officer; ineligibility for certain offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 12 · Referee in bankruptcy; ineligibility for certain offices
- Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 13 · Exclusion of minors as spectators from court room