{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-64","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 64","heading":"Limitation of new indictment against corporation after abatement or defeat of former indictment","body":"Section 64. If an indictment, duly found and returned within the time limited by law against a corporation to recover a pecuniary penalty, is abated or otherwise avoided or defeated by reason of any matter of form, or if after a verdict against such corporation judgment is arrested, or if a judgment against such corporation is reversed on writ of error, a new indictment for the same cause may be found and filed within one year after the abatement of the former indictment or the reversal of the judgment as aforesaid.","path":["Part IV","Title II","Chapter 277"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIV/TitleII/Chapter277/Section64","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:21Z","sha256":"a58206d29633b59ccd5352ab55ba04fdfc5c187953662b418737bd0ce2571fcd","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-63","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-277-65"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}