Chapter 231 - Pleading and Practice

Section 6 - Assignee of Claim Assigned by Executor or Administrator, Proceedings
Section 6b - Interest Added to Damages in Tort Actions
Section 6c - Interest Added to Damages in Contract Actions
Section 6d - Damages for Pain and Suffering in Tort Actions Arising Out of Operation, etc., of Motor Vehicles; Restrictions
Section 6e - Definitions Applicable to Sections 6e to 6g
Section 6f - Costs, Expenses and Interest for Insubstantial, Frivolous or Bad Faith Claims or Defenses
Section 6g - Appeals; Motions for Expenses for Insubstantial, Frivolous or Bad Faith Claims or Defenses
Section 6h - Interest on Damages
Section 6i - Interest Rate; Schedule
Section 9 - Action to Recover Possession of Real Property
Section 13a - Invalidity of Stipulation Waiving Service of Process or Authorizing Confession of Judgment; Vacation of Judgment
Section 13b - Ad Damnum or Monetary Amount Claimed
Section 21 - Pleading Following Answer in Abatement
Section 22 - Pleading the General Issue; Evidence
Section 31 - Equitable Defenses
Section 35 - Reply Avoiding Defense in Equity
Section 39 - Real and Mixed Actions at Issue in Land Court
Section 42 - Endorsement of Pleading or Process Before Filing or Entry; Residence
Section 43 - Late Endorsement of Pleading or Process
Section 44 - Endorsement When Plaintiff Removes From Commonwealth
Section 45 - Procuring New Responsible Endorser
Section 47 - Dismissal on Failure to Obtain Endorser
Section 48 - Substitute Endorser
Section 51 - Amendments as to Parties, Process or Pleading
Section 52 - Amendment After Demurrer
Section 58a - Notice of Default to Company Issuing Motor Vehicle Liability Policy or Bond; Assessment of Damages Deferred
Section 59a - Advancing Action for Speedy Trial
Section 59c - Request of Either Party
Section 59d - Speedy Trial of Actions Involving Election Laws
Section 59e - Request of Either Party
Section 59f - Speedy Trial for Persons Sixty-Five Years of Age or Older
Section 59g - Dismissal for Failure to File a Timely Request for Trial; Vacation of Judgment
Section 59h - Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation; Special Motion to Dismiss
Section 60b - Malpractice Actions Against Providers of Health Care; Tribunal
Section 60c - Malpractice Complaints; Ad Damnum Prohibited
Section 60d - Claim by Minor Against Provider of Health Care; Limitations
Section 60e - Malpractice Action; Professional Examination of Claimant
Section 60f - Award of Damages; Elements and Itemization of Amounts
Section 60g - Reduction of Award of Damages; Collateral Sources of Benefits
Section 60h - Limitation of Damages for Pain and Suffering
Section 60i - Attorney Fees; Limitations on Contingency Fees
Section 60j - Negligence Actions for Serving Alcoholic Beverages to Minors or Intoxicated Persons; Summary Judgments
Section 60k - Actions for Malpractice, Negligence, Etc. Against Health Care Providers; Damages; Rate of Interest
Section 60l - Written Notice Requirement for Actions Against Health Care Providers as Defined in Seventh Paragraph of Sec. 60b; Time for Filing; Exceptions; Contents; Provider's Access to Medical Records; Written Response
Section 61 - Filing Interrogatories
Section 62 - Answers to Interrogatories
Section 63 - Rules Governing Use of Interrogatories
Section 64 - Failure to Answer or to Amend or Expunge Answer
Section 65 - Person Answering Interrogatories When Corporation, Municipal Corporation, Minor or Incompetent Is Party
Section 66 - Order for Costs
Section 67 - Non-Disclosure of Information Not Pertinent
Section 68 - Inspecting Documents
Section 69 - Demand for Admissions; Answer to Demand or Refusal of Admissions; Costs
Section 71 - Motions and Interlocutory Orders
Section 72 - Agreements Regarding Amendments and Trial Procedure
Section 81 - Charges as to Facts, Etc.
Section 82 - Designation of Place of Trial
Section 83 - Interrupting Examination of Witnesses
Section 84a - Consolidation of Actions Involving Same Subject Matter
Section 85 - Comparative Negligence; Limited Effect of Contributory Negligence as Defense
Section 85a - Prima Facie Evidence of Owner's Responsibility for Operation of Motor Vehicle
Section 85b - Action for Consequential Damages; Presumption of Automobile Owner's Responsibility
Section 85c - Action to Enforce Liability Policy or Bond; Presumption of Insured's Consent to Operation of Vehicle
Section 85d - Imputing Negligence of Parent or Custodian to Infant
Section 85e - Motor Vehicles; Defenses in Subrogation Claims
Section 85f - Imputation of Negligence of Operator of Motor Vehicle to Passenger-Owner
Section 85g - Parents' Liability for Willful Acts of Minor Children
Section 85h - Leased Property; Failure to Return; Conversion; Presumption
Section 85i - Emergency Care, Etc. of Injured Persons by Members of Ski Patrols; Exemption From Civil Liability
Section 85j - Fraud or Deceit in Sale of Personal Property; Treble Damages
Section 85k - Limitation of Tort Liability of Certain Charitable Organizations; Liability of Directors, Officers or Trustees of Educational Institutions
Section 85l - Recovery of Damages Against Operator of Motor Vehicle by Guest; Ordinary Negligence
Section 85m - Disclaimers of Liability by Parking Facilities Not a Defense and Void
Section 85n - Liability of Licensed Members of Certain Professional Societies and Committees for Damages Resulting From Official Acts
Section 85o - Contracts; Age of Legal Capacity and Liability in Civil Actions
Section 85p - Age of Majority; Legal Capacity
Section 85p1/2 - Child Performers; Contracts; Court Approval
Section 85q - Standard of Care Owed Children; Maintenance of Artificial Condition Upon Land
Section 85r - Boat Races or Regattas; Liability for Injuries
Section 85r1/2 - Liability for Damage to Property as a Result of Shoplifting or Attempted Larceny; Recovery
Section 85s - Physical Alteration or Destruction of Fine Art
Section 85t - Negligence Action for Serving Alcohol to Intoxicated Person Prohibited; Exceptions
Section 85u - Death or Injury to Unlawful Dwelling Occupants; Liability of Lawful Occupants
Section 85v - Sports Program Volunteers' Liability; Definitions
Section 85w - Officers and Directors of Charitable Corporations; Tort Liability
Section 85x - Loss of Consortium of a Dependent Child; Cause of Action
Section 85y - Child Care Facilities; Liability of Owner of Property for Injury or Damage on Premises
Section 85z - Conveyances Without Fair Consideration by Persons in Contempt of an Order or Judgment for Child Support; Civil Action
Section 85aa - Liability of Registered Rescue Volunteers
Section 87 - Pleadings as Evidence; Effect
Section 88 - Effect of Unaccepted Offer of Judgment
Section 89 - Use at Trial of Answers to Interrogatories
Section 91 - Effect of Unproved Defense of Truth in Action of Slander or Libel; Proof of Statements Not Contained in Pleadings
Section 91a - Radio or Television Broadcast; Liability of Owner of Station, Etc.
Section 91b - Statement Relating to Bank Loan for Purchase of Goods or Services as Defense to Claim for Libel
Section 92 - Truth as Justification for Libel
Section 93 - Retraction of Libel; Mitigation of Damages; Punitive Damages
Section 94 - Evidence in Mitigation of Damages
Section 94a - Probable Cause as Defence in Action for False Arrest
Section 94b - False Arrest; Shoplifting; Defrauding Innkeepers; Defenses
Section 94c - False Arrest; Theft of Public Records; Defenses
Section 95 - Defense to Action on Default Judgment
Section 96 - Relief From Final Judgment; Vacation; Effect of Attachment
Section 97 - Appeal to Superior Court
Section 98 - Appeal Bond
Section 99 - Deposit in Lieu of Appeal Bond
Section 101 - Record on Appeal to Superior Court; Transmission
Section 102 - Docket Entries on Taking Appeal
Section 102c - Transfer of Action From Superior Court; Trial; Decision; Notice; Judgment; Retransfer; Trial
Section 103 - Waiver of Jury Trial and Right of Appeal in Cases Brought in District Court
Section 104 - Removal From District Court to Superior Court
Section 104a - Multiple Judgments Specification for Removal to Superior Court
Section 106 - Deposit in Lieu of Removal Bond
Section 107 - Circumstances Making Removal Bond Unnecessary
Section 108 - Appellate Divisions of District Courts; Assignment and Compensation of Justices; Procedure
Section 109 - Appeal to Appeals Court From Appellate Division
Section 110 - Powers of Appellate Division
Section 111 - Report by Single Justice
Section 112 - Report by Single Justice of Supreme Judicial Court
Section 112a - Appellate Proceedings Upon Report; Application of Rules of Appellate Procedure
Section 112b - Objections to Rulings or Orders
Section 113 - Appeal From Final Judgment of Superior Court, Land Court and Housing Courts
Section 114 - Appeal From Final Judgment of Single Justice of Supreme Judicial Court
Section 115 - Disposition of Judgment on Appeal; Stay of Execution
Section 116 - Protective Orders Pending Appeal
Section 117 - Temporary Appellate Relief From Final Judgments Pending Appeal
Section 118 - Temporary Appellate Relief From Interlocutory Orders; Appeals to Appeals Court or Supreme Judicial Court
Section 118a - Appeal From Interlocutory Order for Equitable Relief
Section 119 - Harmless Error; Disposition of Judgment on Appeal
Section 124 - Determination of Questions of Law by Full Court on Appeal
Section 125 - Appellate Court's Powers of Amendment; Additional Testimony
Section 125a - Further Report of Material Facts in Equity and Probate Appeals
Section 130 - Costs on Refusal of New Trial
Section 132 - Error Not Affecting Substantial Rights; Partial New Trial
Section 138 - Amendment of Pleadings; Notice and Hearing Requisite to Bind Certain Persons; Appeal
Section 139 - Representation of Corporate Party by Officer or Agent
Section 140a - Conclusiveness of Consent Judgment in Automobile Case
Section 140b - Advance Payments or Settlements of Claims by Insurers; Effect Upon Liability; Admissibility as Evidence; Credit Upon Judgment; Notice of Limitations to Claimant by Insurer; Accrual of Cause of Action
Section 140c - Settlement or Partial Payment by Insurer as Admission of Liability
Section 140c1/2 - Settlement of Claim of Minor or Incompetent; Judicial Powers; Petition for Settlement Approval