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2012 Massachusetts General Laws
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES(Chapters 211 through 262)
TITLE II ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
CHAPTER 227 PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABSENT DEFENDANTS AND UPON INSUFFICIENT SERVICE
Section 2 Counterclaims


MA Gen L ch 227 § 2 What's This?

Section 2. If an action is brought by a person not an inhabitant of the commonwealth or who cannot be found herein to be served with process, he shall be held to answer to any counterclaim brought against him by the defendant or defendants, if there be more than one, in the former action.

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