{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221c-1","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221C, § 1","heading":"Definitions","body":"Section 1. For the purpose of this chapter, the following words shall have the following meanings:\n''Certified interpreter'', an interpreter who has been duly trained and certified under the direction of the coordinator of interpreter services pursuant to subsection (e) of section seven.\n''Interpreter'', a person who is readily able to interpret written and spoken language simultaneously and consecutively from English to the language of the non–English speaker or from said language to English.\n''Judge'', a judge or justice, or a clerk-magistrate when acting in a magisterial capacity, of a trial court department.\n''Non–English speaker'', a person who cannot speak or understand, or has difficulty in speaking or understanding, the English language, because he uses only or primarily a spoken language other than English.\n''Qualified interpreter'', a certified interpreter who has also passed the examination and been qualified for interpreting in the federal courts by the United States district court for the district of Massachusetts.","path":["Part III","Title I","Chapter 221C"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter221C/Section1","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:48Z","sha256":"3df55c2a56188ea7f48c4bcb17d7717e0b6df5548fa39830ef62f217801c8f8d","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221b-10","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-221c-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}