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2009 Massachusetts Code
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
TITLE II ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
CHAPTER 228 SURVIVAL OF ACTIONS AND DEATH AND DISABILITIES OF PARTIES
- Section 1 Enumeration
- Section 2 Death of party in suit against officer
- Section 3 Judgment for or against executor or administrator of officer
- Section 4 Death of sole plaintiff or defendant
- Section 4A Substitution of executor or administrator
- Section 5 Prosecution or defense of actions by executor or administrator; citation
- Section 5A Commencement of action for order to executor or administrator to appear and defend notwithstanding failure to take out citation within time limit of preceding section; further orders for determination on merits
- Section 5B Failure of legal representative to give timely notice of death to plaintiff as ground for relief authorized by Sec. 5A
- Section 5C Prior payment or distribution unaffected by relief authorized by Sec. 5A or Rules of Civil Procedure
- Section 6 Nonsuit or default
- Section 7 Death of joint plaintiff or defendant
- Section 8 Prosecution by devisee or heir
- Section 9 Death of one of several plaintiffs
- Section 10 Prosecution by survivor
- Section 11 Death of defendant
- Section 12 Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 67
- Section 13 Insanity of party during pendency of action
- Section 14 Removal, resignation or death of appointed public officer or trustee
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