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Massachusetts
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Part III - Courts, Judicial...
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Title II - Actions and Proc...
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Chapter 227 - Proceedings Against Absent Defend...
Chapter 227 - Proceedings Against Absent Defendants and Upon Insufficient Service
Section 1 - Actions in Personam
Section 2 - Counterclaims
Section 5 - Agents for Service of Process; Duty to Appoint by Certain Individuals; Penalty
Section 5a - Appointment of City or Town Clerk as Agent for Service of Process by Certain Non-Residents; Certificate; Notice of Action; Filing
Section 6 - Attachment of Realty; Dismissal of Action Upon Failure of Notice
Section 7 - Notice
Section 8 - Default
Section 9 - Bond
Section 11 - Execution Levied on Land
Section 12 - Judgment in Real Actions
Section 13 - Tort Actions
Section 14 - Contract Actions
Section 15 - Prosecution Against Persons Served; New Action
Section 16 - Real Actions; Absence of One of Several Defendants
Section 17 - Mixed Actions