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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 233, sec. 42 — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 233 / Section 42
Written interrogatories; notice to adverse party; production of documents
Status: in_force

Section 42. Unless the court otherwise orders, a deposition taken before commissioners shall be taken upon written interrogatories, which shall be filed in the clerk's office and notice thereof given to the adverse party or his attorney, and upon cross interrogatories, if any are filed by him. But if the defendant does not enter his appearance in the action within the time required by law, no notice to him shall be required. The court may in any case order depositions to be taken before commissioners, in the manner provided by law for taking the depositions of witnesses within the commonwealth in actions at law, or in such manner as the court orders, and in such cases shall determine what notice shall be given to the adverse party, his agent or attorney, and the manner of service thereof, may authorize the taking of depositions of witnesses not specifically named in the commission, and may limit the extent of the inquiry. The court may order the production before the commissioner of any books, instruments or papers relative to any matter in issue.

Section 42. Unless the court otherwise orders, a deposition taken before commissioners shall be taken upon written interrogatories, which shall be filed in the clerk's office and notice thereof given to the adverse party or his attorney, and upon cross interrogatories, if any are filed by him. But if the defendant does not enter his appearance in the action within the time required by law, no notice to him shall be required. The court may in any case order depositions to be taken before commissioners, in the manner provided by law for taking the depositions of witnesses within the commonwealth in actions at law, or in such manner as the court orders, and in such cases shall determine what notice shall be given to the adverse party, his agent or attorney, and the manner of service thereof, may authorize the taking of depositions of witnesses not specifically named in the commission, and may limit the extent of the inquiry. The court may order the production before the commissioner of any books, instruments or papers relative to any matter in issue.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176H, sec. 16 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 176H / Section 16
Sale of legal services plan
Status: in_force

Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, or entity except an insurer or sponsor of an insured legal services plan or a membership legal services plan, to establish, underwrite, operate or offer to sell a legal services plan, except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a labor organization providing legal services to its members and their dependents nor to legal fee reimbursement services provided by an automobile club in conformity with the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-four B.

Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any person, group of persons, or entity except an insurer or sponsor of an insured legal services plan or a membership legal services plan, to establish, underwrite, operate or offer to sell a legal services plan, except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to a labor organization providing legal services to its members and their dependents nor to legal fee reimbursement services provided by an automobile club in conformity with the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-four B.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 160, sec. 238 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 160 / Section 238
Extinguishing fire
Status: in_force

Section 238. Sectionmen or other employees of a railroad corporation receiving notice of the existence and location of a fire burning on land adjacent to the tracks shall forthwith proceed to the fire and shall use all reasonable efforts to extinguish it; provided, that they are not at the time employed in labors immediately necessary to the safety of tracks or to the safety and convenience of passengers and the public.

Section 238. Sectionmen or other employees of a railroad corporation receiving notice of the existence and location of a fire burning on land adjacent to the tracks shall forthwith proceed to the fire and shall use all reasonable efforts to extinguish it; provided, that they are not at the time employed in labors immediately necessary to the safety of tracks or to the safety and convenience of passengers and the public.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 21 — MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 21
Trial without jury; exception; report of inspector as prima facie evidence
Status: in_force

Section 21. All cases in the housing court department, including motions and the like, whether interlocutory or final, shall be heard and determined by a justice of a division of the housing court department sitting without jury, except that in all cases where a jury trial is required by the constitution of the commonwealth or of the United States and the defendant has not waived his rights to a trial by jury, the cause shall be forthwith tried in a division of the housing court department before a jury selected in accordance with chapter two hundred and thirty-four. In the trial of any complaint or action in the housing court department, the report of any inspector serving in the housing inspection department of a city or the board of health of any city or town shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

Section 21. All cases in the housing court department, including motions and the like, whether interlocutory or final, shall be heard and determined by a justice of a division of the housing court department sitting without jury, except that in all cases where a jury trial is required by the constitution of the commonwealth or of the United States and the defendant has not waived his rights to a trial by jury, the cause shall be forthwith tried in a division of the housing court department before a jury selected in accordance with chapter two hundred and thirty-four. In the trial of any complaint or action in the housing court department, the report of any inspector serving in the housing inspection department of a city or the board of health of any city or town shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 80, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part I / Title XIII / Chapter 80 / Section 8
Death of person entitled to petition for abatement
Status: in_force

Section 8. If a person who is entitled to petition for an abatement under this chapter dies within the time limited for such petition without having filed the same, his executor, administrator, heir or devisee, if interested, may, within one year after his interest vests, file such petition in the same manner and with the same effect as if filed by the deceased in his lifetime.

Section 8. If a person who is entitled to petition for an abatement under this chapter dies within the time limited for such petition without having filed the same, his executor, administrator, heir or devisee, if interested, may, within one year after his interest vests, file such petition in the same manner and with the same effect as if filed by the deceased in his lifetime.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 41, sec. 45A — MA Code / Part I / Title VII / Chapter 41 / Section 45A
Commissioners in towns under five thousand population
Status: in_force

Section 45A. If a town having less than five thousand inhabitants votes to accept this section, the board of selectmen of such town shall thereafter have all the powers and duties of commissioners of trust funds, as provided in sections forty-five and forty-seven, until such time as the number of inhabitants of said town shall exceed five thousand.

Section 45A. If a town having less than five thousand inhabitants votes to accept this section, the board of selectmen of such town shall thereafter have all the powers and duties of commissioners of trust funds, as provided in sections forty-five and forty-seven, until such time as the number of inhabitants of said town shall exceed five thousand.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 164, sec. 124C — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 164 / Section 124C
Nursing homes, homes for the aged, convalescent homes, and hospitals; shutting off gas or electric service
Status: in_force

Section 124C. No gas or electric utility intending to shut off gas or electricity in any licensed nursing home, home for the aged, convalescent home or hospital, shall do so without first giving fourteen days' notice in writing to the customer and to the department. Such utility may thereafter shut off such service only upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the department.

Section 124C. No gas or electric utility intending to shut off gas or electricity in any licensed nursing home, home for the aged, convalescent home or hospital, shall do so without first giving fourteen days' notice in writing to the customer and to the department. Such utility may thereafter shut off such service only upon such terms and conditions as may be determined by the department.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 262, sec. 23 — MA Code / Part III / Title VI / Chapter 262 / Section 23
Examination of sureties; approval of bonds
Status: in_force

Section 23. The fees of magistrates for the examination of sureties and approval of bonds or for the taking of recognizances shall be in each case five dollars for the citation, if any, and the first day's hearing, and two dollars in addition for each adjournment thereof. These fees shall be paid in advance.

Section 23. The fees of magistrates for the examination of sureties and approval of bonds or for the taking of recognizances shall be in each case five dollars for the citation, if any, and the first day's hearing, and two dollars in addition for each adjournment thereof. These fees shall be paid in advance.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30, sec. 52 — MA Code / Part I / Title III / Chapter 30 / Section 52
Approval of purchases
Status: in_force

Section 52. No goods, supplies, equipment or services, other than for legislative or military purposes, shall be purchased or contracted for by any state department, office or commission unless approved by the state purchasing agent as being in conformity with the rules, regulations and orders made under section twenty-two of chapter seven. Such approval may be of specific or blanket form at the discretion of the state purchasing agent.

Section 52. No goods, supplies, equipment or services, other than for legislative or military purposes, shall be purchased or contracted for by any state department, office or commission unless approved by the state purchasing agent as being in conformity with the rules, regulations and orders made under section twenty-two of chapter seven. Such approval may be of specific or blanket form at the discretion of the state purchasing agent.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 202, sec. 29 — MA Code / Part II / Title II / Chapter 202 / Section 29
Guardian or conservator; authority to mortgage
Status: in_force

Section 29. The probate court may, upon petition of a guardian or conservator, if, after notice and a hearing, it appears to be necessary or expedient, authorize him to mortgage any real estate of his ward.

Section 29. The probate court may, upon petition of a guardian or conservator, if, after notice and a hearing, it appears to be necessary or expedient, authorize him to mortgage any real estate of his ward.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 165, sec. 1 — MA Code / Part I / Title XXII / Chapter 165 / Section 1
Definitions
Status: in_force

Section 1. In sections one to eleven, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:— ''Corporation'' or ''company'', every person, partnership, association or corporation, other than a municipal corporation, and other than a landlord supplying his tenant, engaged in the distribution and sale of water in the commonwealth through its pipes or mains. ''Department'', the department of public utilities.

Section 1. In sections one to eleven, inclusive, the following words shall have the following meanings:—

''Corporation'' or ''company'', every person, partnership, association or corporation, other than a municipal corporation, and other than a landlord supplying his tenant, engaged in the distribution and sale of water in the commonwealth through its pipes or mains.

''Department'', the department of public utilities.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 149, sec. 147B — MA Code / Part I / Title XXI / Chapter 149 / Section 147B
Employer's name and address affixed to articles or container of goods delivered for homework
Status: in_force

Section 147B. No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any person any materials or articles to be manufactured or worked upon by industrial homework unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article or, if impossible so to affix, then to the package or other container in which such goods are delivered or are to be kept, a label or other mark of identification bearing the employer's name and address, printed or written legibly in English.

Section 147B. No employer shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any person any materials or articles to be manufactured or worked upon by industrial homework unless there has been conspicuously affixed to each article or, if impossible so to affix, then to the package or other container in which such goods are delivered or are to be kept, a label or other mark of identification bearing the employer's name and address, printed or written legibly in English.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 94, sec. 150A — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 94 / Section 150A
Exposing unwholesome food for sale
Status: in_force

Section 150A. Whoever knowingly exposes for sale or has in possession with intent to sell, for food or drink, anything described in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or both. This section shall not apply to a wholesale dealer who has in his possession fruit or vegetables in the original package with intent to disclose fully to the purchaser the partly decayed condition thereof.

Section 150A. Whoever knowingly exposes for sale or has in possession with intent to sell, for food or drink, anything described in the preceding section shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not more than sixty days, or both. This section shall not apply to a wholesale dealer who has in his possession fruit or vegetables in the original package with intent to disclose fully to the purchaser the partly decayed condition thereof.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 108A, sec. 7 — MA Code / Part I / Title XV / Chapter 108A / Section 7
Rules for determining existence of partnership
Status: in_force

Section 7. In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply: (1) Except as provided by section sixteen persons who are not partners as to each other are not partners as to third persons. (2) Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property, common property, or part ownership does not of itself establish a partnership, whether such co-owners do or do not share any profits made by the use of the property. (3) The sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership, whether or not the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property from which the returns are derived. (4) The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but no such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment: (a) Of a debt by instalments or otherwise, (b) As wages of an employee or rent to a landlord, (c) As an annuity to a widow or representative of a deceased partner, (d) As interest on a loan, though the amount of payment vary with the profits of the business, (e) As the consideration for the sale of the good will of a business or other property by instalments or otherwise.

Section 7. In determining whether a partnership exists, these rules shall apply:

(1) Except as provided by section sixteen persons who are not partners as to each other are not partners as to third persons.

(2) Joint tenancy, tenancy in common, tenancy by the entireties, joint property, common property, or part ownership does not of itself establish a partnership, whether such co-owners do or do not share any profits made by the use of the property.

(3) The sharing of gross returns does not of itself establish a partnership, whether or not the persons sharing them have a joint or common right or interest in any property from which the returns are derived.

(4) The receipt by a person of a share of the profits of a business is prima facie evidence that he is a partner in the business, but no such inference shall be drawn if such profits were received in payment:

(a) Of a debt by instalments or otherwise,

(b) As wages of an employee or rent to a landlord,

(c) As an annuity to a widow or representative of a deceased partner,

(d) As interest on a loan, though the amount of payment vary with the profits of the business,

(e) As the consideration for the sale of the good will of a business or other property by instalments or otherwise.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 15A, sec. 41 — MA Code / Part I / Title II / Chapter 15A / Section 41
Fees for approval of articles or certificates; revenue
Status: in_force

Section 41. The board of higher education may establish fees to be charged to independent institutions of higher education which seek approval of articles of organization, articles of amendment, or foreign corporation certificates pursuant to sections 30, 30A, 31, and 31A of chapter 69 and which transfer records to the board of higher education pursuant to section 31B of said chapter 69. The revenue received from the collection of the fees shall be retained by the board of higher education in a revolving trust fund and shall be expended solely for carrying out said sections. Fees shall not be greater than the costs incurred by the board of higher education in implementing said sections. The board of higher education shall report annually to the house and senate committee on ways and means the amount of funds collected and any expenditures made from the funds.

Section 41. The board of higher education may establish fees to be charged to independent institutions of higher education which seek approval of articles of organization, articles of amendment, or foreign corporation certificates pursuant to sections 30, 30A, 31, and 31A of chapter 69 and which transfer records to the board of higher education pursuant to section 31B of said chapter 69. The revenue received from the collection of the fees shall be retained by the board of higher education in a revolving trust fund and shall be expended solely for carrying out said sections. Fees shall not be greater than the costs incurred by the board of higher education in implementing said sections. The board of higher education shall report annually to the house and senate committee on ways and means the amount of funds collected and any expenditures made from the funds.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, sec. 91A — MA Code / Part III / Title II / Chapter 231 / Section 91A
Radio or television broadcast; liability of owner of station, etc.
Status: in_force

Section 91A. The owner, operator or licensee of a radio or television station or network of such stations or the agent or servant of any such person shall not, in an action for slander or for publishing a libel, be held liable in damages for or on account of any defamatory matter uttered, broadcast, telecast or published over the radio or television facilities of any such station or network by any person whose utterance, broadcast, telecast or publication is not, under the provisions of any law of the United States or any regulation, ruling or order of the Federal Communications Commission, subject to censorship or control by such station or network.

Section 91A. The owner, operator or licensee of a radio or television station or network of such stations or the agent or servant of any such person shall not, in an action for slander or for publishing a libel, be held liable in damages for or on account of any defamatory matter uttered, broadcast, telecast or published over the radio or television facilities of any such station or network by any person whose utterance, broadcast, telecast or publication is not, under the provisions of any law of the United States or any regulation, ruling or order of the Federal Communications Commission, subject to censorship or control by such station or network.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 140, sec. 155 — MA Code / Part I / Title XX / Chapter 140 / Section 155
Liability for damage caused by dog; minors; presumption and burden of proof
Status: in_force

Section 155. If any dog shall do any damage to either the body or property of any person, the owner or keeper, or if the owner or keeper be a minor, the parent or guardian of such minor, shall be liable for such damage, unless such damage shall have been occasioned to the body or property of a person who, at the time such damage was sustained, was committing a trespass or other tort, or was teasing, tormenting or abusing such dog. If a minor, on whose behalf an action under this section is brought, is under seven years of age at the time the damage was done, it shall be presumed that such minor was not committing a trespass or other tort, or teasing, tormenting or abusing such dog, and the burden of proof thereof shall be upon the defendant in such action.

Section 155. If any dog shall do any damage to either the body or property of any person, the owner or keeper, or if the owner or keeper be a minor, the parent or guardian of such minor, shall be liable for such damage, unless such damage shall have been occasioned to the body or property of a person who, at the time such damage was sustained, was committing a trespass or other tort, or was teasing, tormenting or abusing such dog. If a minor, on whose behalf an action under this section is brought, is under seven years of age at the time the damage was done, it shall be presumed that such minor was not committing a trespass or other tort, or teasing, tormenting or abusing such dog, and the burden of proof thereof shall be upon the defendant in such action.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, sec. 8 — MA Code / Part III / Title I / Chapter 220 / Section 8
Purchase of claims by attorney and court officers, etc., prohibited; penalty
Status: in_force

Section 8. No attorney, justice of the peace, sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable shall, directly or indirectly, buy or be interested in buying, or, directly or indirectly, lend or advance or agree to lend or advance any money or other goods, or give or promise any valuable consideration whatever to any person, as an inducement to place, or in consideration of having placed, in the hands of any person any bond, note, book debt or right of action for collection, with intent to make for himself any gain from the fees arising from such collection by legal proceedings. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.

Section 8. No attorney, justice of the peace, sheriff, deputy sheriff or constable shall, directly or indirectly, buy or be interested in buying, or, directly or indirectly, lend or advance or agree to lend or advance any money or other goods, or give or promise any valuable consideration whatever to any person, as an inducement to place, or in consideration of having placed, in the hands of any person any bond, note, book debt or right of action for collection, with intent to make for himself any gain from the fees arising from such collection by legal proceedings. Violations of this section shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty nor more than five hundred dollars.