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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 223. — COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS, SERVICE OF PROCESS.
TITLE II. — ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN.
- Section 1. Transitory actions; general provisions.
- Section 2. Transitory actions; district courts.
- Section 2A. Consolidation of pending actions arising out of same accident ortransaction.
- Section 2B. Actions arising out of same accident or transaction pending in bothsuperior and district courts; transfer to superior court.
- Section 2C. Actions arising out of same accident or transaction; procedure aftertransfer.
- Section 3. Transitory actions; enumeration.
- Section 4. Replevin actions.
- Section 5. Actions by the commonwealth.
- Section 6. Counties; actions by or against.
- Section 7. Defective ways — etc.; negligence actions.
- Section 8. Corporations; actions by or against.
- Section 8A. Reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange; transitory actions by or againstsubscribers.
- Section 9. Transitory actions by or against city of Boston.
- Section 10. Actions by city of Boston; transfer from county of Suffolk.
- Section 11. Executors or administrators; transitory actions by or against.
- Section 12. Land title actions.
- Section 13. Change of venue.
- Section 14. Forfeitures.
- Section 15. Erroneous venue; procedure.
- Section 16--18. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 24.
- Section 19. Process; unknown defendant; procedure.
- Section 19A. Repealed — 1973, 1114, Sec. 86.
- Section 20. Process; issuance.
- Section 21 — 22. Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 87.
- Section 23. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 26.
- Section 24. Repealed — 1973, 1114, Sec. 87.
- Section 25. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 26.
- Section 26--30. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 26.
- Section 31. Summons; leaving at last known address — etc.
- Section 31A. Summons; service upon persons engaged in voting.
- Section 32. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 28.
- Section 33. Repealed — 1973, 1114, Sec. 91.
- Section 34. Further notice to absent defendant.
- Section 35. Process; duty of officer to state place of service in return.
- Section 36. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 28.
- Section 37. Corporations; persons authorized to be served.
- Section 38. Foreign corporations.
- Section 39. Foreign insurance company; manner of service.
- Section 39A. Service on certain insurance companies severally — or jointly andseverally, liable.
- Section 39B. Reciprocal or inter-insurance exchange; service on attorney in fact ofsubscribers.
- Section 40. Voluntary associations — service on.
- Section 41. Repealed — 1973, 1114, Sec. 93.
- Section 42. Property subject to attachment.
- Section 42A. Amount liquidated or ascertainable by calculation; limitation on attachment.
- Section 43. Cars and vessels; attachment.
- Section 44. Ships or vessels; conditions precedent.
- Section 44A. Motor vehicles; conditions precedent.
- Section 45. Property of newspaper offices.
- Section 45A. Attaching officer; powers to require security.
- Section 46. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 33.
- Section 47. Successive attachments on different writs.
- Section 48. Keeper; appointment; costs.
- Section 49. Attached personalty; keeping on owner's premises.
- Section 50. Bulky goods.
- Section 51. Clerk's fees.
- Section 52. Personalty; attachment of proceeds of sale.
- Section 53. Further attachment of replevied property.
- Section 54. Replevin; liability of plaintiff for value.
- Section 55. Death or removal of first attaching officer.
- Section 56. Death or removal of first attaching officer; procedure in subsequentattachment.
- Section 57. Replevied property; mode of attaching.
- Section 58. Death of attaching officer; continuance of attachment.
- Section 59. Duration of attachment after judgment.
- Section 60 — 61. Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 103.
- Section 62. Attachment of real estate; general provisions.
- Section 63. Copy of writ; deposit in registry of deeds.
- Section 64. Attaching officer; duty.
- Section 65. Register; duty; fees.
- Section 66. Attachment; time of taking effect.
- Section 67. Fraudulently conveyed realty; general provisions.
- Section 68. Fraudulently conveyed realty; duty of register.
- Section 69. Papers in actions in federal courts; duties of registers.
- Section 70. Encumbered realty.
- Section 71. Attachment of shares of stock prohibited.
- Section 72. Limitations on attachment of bailed property.
- Section 73. Carrier or warehouseman; property in possession.
- Section 74. Attachment of personalty mortgaged or sold under conditionalsales contract.
- Section 75. Mortgagee — lienor, or conditional vendor; duty to state account.
- Section 76. Excessive demands; penalty.
- Section 77. Proceeds of sale; payment of creditors.
- Section 78. Redemption of mortgage; duty of debtor to repay redemption price.
- Section 79. Holder of encumbrance; summoning; examination.
- Section 80. Amount due; determination.
- Section 81. Validity of mortgage; determination.
- Section 82. Creditor to retain amount paid by him.
- Section 83. Creditor; right to hold property until repaid upon failure to recoverjudgment..
- Section 83A. Application of secs. 7483.
- Section 84. Insufficient service of process; dismissal of action or further service.
- Section 85 — 86. Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 37.
- Section 86A. Equitable attachments; allowance after entry of judgment.
- Section 87. Sale of personal property attached; general provisions.
- Section 88. Perishable property; appraisal and sale.
- Section 89. Perishable property; appraisal and sale; proceedings.
- Section 90. Absent defendant; notice.
- Section 91. Appraisers; manner of appointment.
- Section 92. Perishable property; sale after appraisal.
- Section 93. Perishable property; delivery to debtor; condition.
- Section 94. Bond; duty to return with writs.
- Section 95. Action on bond; executions for costs against attaching creditors.
- Section 96. Repealed — 1973, 1114, Sec. 111.
- Section 97. Action on bond; distribution of money by court.
- Section 98. Action on bond; protection of prior attachments.
- Section 99. Action on bond; right of creditor not joining.
- Section 100. Action on bond; limitation.
- Section 101. Creditors; payment and satisfaction.
- Section 102. Attachment of share of joint owner of personalty; appraisalat request of part owner.
- Section 103. Delivery to part owner; conditions precedent.
- Section 104. Pledge of property.
- Section 105. Restoration.
- Section 106. Dissolution of prior attachment: application.
- Section 107. Affidavit and bond.
- Section 108. Dissolution of prior attachment; finding of court.
- Section 109. Dissolution of prior attachment; effect of pleadings.
- Section 110. Dissolution of prior attachment; defences.
- Section 111. Costs; damages.
- Section 112. Proceeding upon appeal.
- Section 113. Judgment; force and effect.
- Section 113A. Method of dissolving — discharging or reducing attachments.
- Section 114. Excessive or unreasonable attachments; manner of reduction or discharge.
- Section 114A. Real estate attachments; expiration by operation of law.
- Section 115. Judgment dissolving attachment.
- Section 115A. Failure of service upon defendant.
- Section 115B. Repealed — 1975, 377, Sec. 40.
- Section 116. Death of defendant.
- Section 117. Attaching officer; liability for net proceeds.
- Section 118. Liability of creditor for proceeds paid over to him.
- Section 119. Counterclaim.
- Section 120. Dissolution by bond; general provisions.
- Section 121. Bond; hearing before approval.
- Section 122. Debtor's fees and costs.
- Section 123. Debtor's bond; filing.
- Section 124. Release of sureties of insolvent debtor.
- Section 125. Bond to pay value of property.
- Section 126. Fees.
- Section 127. Fraudulently conveyed realty.
- Section 128. Deposit.
- Section 129. Individual property of one defendant.
- Section 129A. Attaching officer; liability for release of attached property.
- Section 130. Dissolution by appointment of receiver; general provisions.
- Section 131. Discharge of receiver.
- Section 132. Dissolution by release by plaintiff.
- Section 133. Persons authorized to execute bonds; approval.
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