{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-40","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 246, § 40","heading":"Second attachment; recovery by defendant","body":"Section 40. If the goods, effects and credits in the hands of a person adjudged a trustee are not demanded of him by force of the execution within thirty days after final judgment, they shall be liable to another attachment, whether made before or after the judgment; or if there has been no such second attachment, they may be recovered by the defendant.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 246"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter246/Section40","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:00Z","sha256":"a14dada58e2339400a67fe7fd120d0203234827f355ff2760bdfe6aafaf7737f","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-39","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-246-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}