{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-9","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 209, § 9","heading":"Husband; liability on contracts concerning separate property of wife","body":"Section 9. Contracts made by a married woman relative to her separate property, trade, business, labor or services shall not bind her husband or render him or his property liable therefor; but she and her separate property shall be liable on such contracts in the same manner as if she were sole.","path":["Part II","Title III","Chapter 209"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartII/TitleIII/Chapter209/Section9","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:38Z","sha256":"f4f6e29bc36e18af750d10ddf3ce9e3112ad2cca958b2c91cb136db120ad992b","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-8","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-209-10-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}