{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-241-3","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 241, § 3","heading":"Land within jurisdiction of probate court in two or more counties","body":"Section 3. If a case is begun in a probate court and the land is within the jurisdiction of the probate court in 2 or more counties, the court in which proceedings are first begun shall retain jurisdiction thereof, which shall exclude the jurisdiction of probate courts of other counties; but this shall not prevent the probate court in any other county where a part of the common land lies, not included in the original petition, from making partition thereof.","path":["Part III","Title III","Chapter 241"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIII/Chapter241/Section3","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:58Z","sha256":"26df1f05ebdf875d329108e0fbad8a381a3ab1b14bec7722caf25d5622b329e3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-241-2","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-241-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}