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MA Gen L ch 220 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 8 - Purchase of Claims by Attorney and Court Officers, etc., Prohibited; Penalty

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.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 9 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 9 - Criers

Section 9. Clerks or assistant clerks of courts, sheriffs or their deputies, as the court may direct, shall perform the duties of criers, without additional compensation; and any officer may adjourn the court by order thereof.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 10 - Judge, etc.; Interest of Town in Suit or Proceeding

Section 10. No person shall be disqualified from acting as judge, magistrate, appraiser or officer of any kind in a suit or proceeding in which a town is interested by reason of his interest as an inhabitant thereof. No juror shall be disqualified by reason of being an inhabitant of Boston.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 11 - United States Judicial Officer; Ineligibility for Certain Offices

Section 11. No person who holds a judicial office under the laws of the United States shall hold any judicial office of this commonwealth, except that of trial justice or justice of the peace.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 12 - Referee in Bankruptcy; Ineligibility for Certain Offices

Section 12. No person who holds the office of referee in bankruptcy shall at the same time hold any judicial office, except that of justice of the peace, nor the office of clerk or assistant clerk of any court, or register or assistant register of probate and insolvency.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 13 - Exclusion of Minors as Spectators From Court Room

Section 13. Any court may exclude minors as spectators from the court room during the trial of any cause, civil or criminal, if their presence is not necessary as witnesses or parties.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 13a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 13a - Contempt Cases; Rights of Defendant

Section 13A. Any person who shall wilfully disobey any lawful process, order, judgment or command of the court in any action in which injunctive relief is sought in any matter involving or growing out of a labor dispute, as defined in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine, by doing any act or thing in or by such process, order, judgment or command forbidden to be done by him, if the act or thing so done by him is of such character as to constitute also a criminal offense under the laws of the commonwealth shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial for his said contempt by an impartial jury of the county wherein it shall have been committed; provided, that this right shall not apply to contempts committed in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice or apply to the misbehavior, misconduct or disobedience of any officer of the court in respect to the orders or process of the court.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 13b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 13b - Contempt Cases; Demand for Retirement of Justice Sitting

Section 13B. The defendant in any proceeding for contempt of court in such a case may file with the court a demand for the retirement of the justice sitting in such case, if the contempt arises from an attack upon the character or conduct of such justice and the attack occurred elsewhere than in the presence of the court or so near thereto as to interfere directly with the administration of justice. Upon the filing of any such demand, prior to the hearing in the contempt proceeding, the justice shall thereupon proceed no further, but another justice shall be assigned by the chief justice of the court.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 14 - Commitment for Contempt; Service of Process

Section 14. Commitments for contempt of court may be made to any jail in the commonwealth; and processes issued in proceedings relative to alleged contempt may be served in any county by any sheriff or deputy sheriff to whom they are directed.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 14a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 14a - Time Within Which Certain Decisions to Be Rendered

Section 14A. An associate justice of the superior court, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him without a jury, shall render his decision within four months from the date when the hearing was closed, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a request in writing by such justice within said period, containing a full report of his reasons for not having rendered his decision and for requesting an extension of time for rendering his decision. A justice or special justice of a district court, other than the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render his decision within a like period, or within such further time as the presiding justice of the appellate division of the court in which the case was heard may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such justice or special justice within said period. An associate or special justice of the municipal court of the city of Boston, who has reserved his decision in a case heard by him, shall render such decision within a like period, or within such further time as the chief justice of said court may grant, upon a like request in writing, made by such associate or special justice within said period.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 15 - Jurisdiction

Section 15. The supreme judicial court and the superior court shall have jurisdiction to naturalize aliens resident within their respective judicial districts in the manner set forth in the federal laws relative to naturalization.
MA Gen L ch 220 § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 220 - Courts and Naturalization|Section 18 - Declarations of Intention

Section 18. The superior court may authorize the execution and reception by the clerk of the court of declarations of intention in naturalization proceedings at such times as the court by general order may direct.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 1 - Clerk of Court for Commonwealth; Appointment; Term, Etc.

Section 1. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for a term of five years from the date of his appointment, and may appoint an assistant clerk of said court for a term of three years from the first day of January next after his appointment, and may remove him.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 2 - Duties

Section 2. The clerk shall attend all sessions of the court, preserve all the files and papers thereof, keep a docket record of all questions transferred, and of all petitions, complaints or other processes presented to the court, and enter thereon the names of the parties in full and of the counsel who appear in their behalf, and a brief description of the nature of the action or proceeding. He shall also record thereon accurate minutes of all orders, decrees or directions of the court in each case, transmit forthwith to the clerks of courts in the several counties all rescripts made or ordered by the court and the papers which belong to the supreme judicial court or the superior court in each case, and receive and keep safely all papers transmitted to him by the clerks of the courts. He shall make copies of all papers on file in said court and of the docket record thereof, if desired, and certify them under the seal of the court. He shall issue such writs or other processes as the court orders, shall charge the fees provided by law for like services for clerks of courts, and if no express fee is provided, he shall receive a fair compensation for the services required of him in analogy to like services for which a compensation is fixed by law. He shall annually, before the last Wednesday of December, account with and pay over to the state treasurer all fees received by him.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 3 - Election of Clerks; Term

Section 3. There shall be a clerk for the supreme judicial court for the county of Suffolk, and two clerks for the superior court of said county, one for civil and one for criminal business; and in each of the other counties a clerk of the courts who shall act as clerk of the supreme judicial court, of the superior court and of the county commissioners. All of said officers shall hold office for six years beginning with the first Wednesday of January following their election and until their successors are qualified.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 4 - First Assistant Clerks; Appointment

Section 4. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint for a term of three years from the date of their appointment, and may remove, first assistant clerks of courts for the counties of: Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Franklin, Hampden, Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth, Worcester and in Suffolk, a first assistant clerk of the supreme judicial court.  First assistant clerks of courts except in Suffolk county shall act as assistant clerks of the supreme judicial court, the superior court department and the county commissioners.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 5 - Assistant Clerks; Appointment

Section 5. In addition to the assistant clerks provided for in section four, the clerks of the courts for the following counties may, subject to the approval of the court administrator as to compliance with personnel standards promulgated pursuant to section 8 of chapter 211B, appoint assistant clerks with the same powers and duties. Said appointments shall be as follows:  Barnstable, 2 assistant clerks  Bristol, 9 assistant clerks  Essex, 11 assistant clerks  Hampden, 12 assistant clerks  Nantucket, 1 assistant clerk  Norfolk, 11 assistant clerks  Middlesex, 26 assistant clerks  Plymouth, 6 assistant clerks  Worcester, 11 assistant clerks  Suffolk, (a) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for criminal business, 22 assistants; (b) superior court department, by the clerk of the superior court department for civil business, 26 assistants; (c) supreme judicial court, by the clerk of the supreme judicial court for said county, a second assistant clerk, designated from his office force and a third assistant clerk, designated from his office force.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 5a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 5a - Assistant and First Assistant Clerks; Practice of Law

Section 5A. The assistant clerks appointed under the provisions of sections four and five of this chapter shall devote their entire time during business hours to their respective duties and shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in the practice of law.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6a - Superior Court for County of Middlesex; Equity Clerk

Section 6A. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Middlesex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Middlesex, the duties of clerk pertaining to actions in which equitable relief is sought in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four or section five, as the case may be, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6b - Superior Court for County of Essex; Equity Clerk

Section 6B. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Essex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Essex, the duties of clerk pertaining to actions in which equitable relief is sought in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6c - Superior Court for County of Essex; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6C. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Essex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Essex, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6d - Superior Court for County of Norfolk; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6D. The clerk of the courts for the county of Norfolk may designate, subject to removal by the court or by the clerk, one of the assistant clerks for said county, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of said clerk, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section five, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6e - Superior Court for County of Worcester; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6E. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6f - Superior Court for County of Worcester; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6F. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Worcester, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Worcester, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6g - Superior Court for County of Middlesex; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6G. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Middlesex, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Middlesex, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6i - Superior Court for County of Plymouth; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6I. The justices of the superior court may designate for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings of said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6j - Superior Court for County of Plymouth; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6J. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Plymouth, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of the courts for the county of Plymouth, the duties of clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section five, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6k - Superior Court for County of Hampden; Equity Proceedings Clerk

Section 6K. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Hampden, appointed under section five, to perform under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Hampden, the duties of clerk pertaining to the equity proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to five per cent of the salary of the clerk.
MA Gen L ch 221 § 6l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part III - Courts, Judicial Officers and Proceedings in Civil Cases|Title I - Courts and Judicial Officers|Chapter 221 - Clerks, Attorneys and Other Officers of Judicial Courts|Section 6l - Superior Court for County of Hampden; Criminal Proceedings Clerk

Section 6L. The justices of the superior court may designate, for a term of three years from the date of such designation, one of the assistant clerks for the county of Hampden, appointed under section five, to perform, under the direction of the clerk of courts for the county of Hampden, the duties of the clerk pertaining to the criminal proceedings in said court, and such other duties as the clerk shall determine, who shall receive from said county, in addition to the salary paid to him as an assistant clerk under section four, a sum equivalent to ten per cent of the salary of the clerk.