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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 234 JURIES
- Section 1 Qualifications; exemptions
- Section 1A Excusing persons from jury duty
- Section 1B Compensation of municipal employees while serving as jurors in state or federal courts
- Section 2 Subsequent service
- Section 3 Limit of service in Suffolk county
- Section 3A Postponement of service; term of service
- Section 4 Preparation of lists; number on lists; decisions in disputes; failure of registrar to comply
- Section 5 Printing of lists; delivery to clerks, etc.
- Section 6 Revision of lists in cities
- Section 7 Deposit of names in box
- Section 8 Withdrawal of names
- Section 9 Publication of lists
- Section 10 Writs of venire facias
- Section 11 Service
- Section 12 Additional venires
- Section 13 Dukes county
- Section 14 Bristol county
- Section 15 Repealed, 1936, 161, Sec. 1
- Section 16 Venires in Barnstable
- Section 17 Drawing of jurors
- Section 18 Drawing jurors in cities
- Section 19 Drawing jurors in towns
- Section 20 Return of names to box
- Section 21 Endorsement on ballot
- Section 22 Names drawn at town meetings
- Section 23 Meetings for drawing jurors
- Section 24 Summoning jurors; return of venire
- Section 24A Summoning jurors; mail as alternative method; summons; questioning prohibited
- Section 24B Juror information form; return
- Section 25 Impanelling
- Section 26 Capital cases; impanelling jury
- Section 26A Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 9
- Section 26B Protracted trials; impanelling jurors; verdicts
- Section 27 Talesmen
- Section 28 Examination of jurors
- Section 29 Peremptory challenges
- Section 30 Certain interest not to disqualify
- Section 31 Repealed, 1979, 344, Sec. 11
- Section 32 Irregularities
- Section 33 Gratuities
- Section 34 Failure of jury to agree
- Section 34A Number of jurors required to render verdicts; instructions on sufficient number
- Section 34B Death, illness or other inability of jurors to perform duty; number required for trial; vacancies
- Section 34C Smoking in jury rooms
- Section 35 View by jury
- Section 36 Neglecting to attend
- Section 37 Improperly putting name on jury list
- Section 38 Soliciting the placement of name on jury list
- Section 39 Neglect of officers, etc.
- Section 40 Penalties in certain other cases
- Section 41 Fraud in drawing jurors
- Section 42 Special juries; effect of chapter
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