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Chapter 218

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218

District Courts

1Territorial jurisdiction and place of holding court 2Boston municipal courts; concurrent jurisdiction over waters and islands 2ATransfer of civil actions brought in wrong court 3Boston municipal courts; concurrent criminal jurisdiction over waters and islands 4District court jurisdiction; seals 4AMassachusetts Uniform Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 5Contempt cases; service of process 6Justices; number; terms; compensation; duties 6ASpecial justices of district court; certification of full time duties; restrictions on employment 7Oaths; power to administer 8Clerks; appointment; number; retirement; vacation and sick leave 9Temporary clerks 10Assistant clerks 10ADeputy assistant clerks; power to designate 11Temporary assistant clerks 12Clerks; oath of office; duties and powers 13Records; storage 14Facsimile or electronic rendering of signatures 15Times for holding trials; office hours 16Bond of clerk 17Justice, clerk or assistant clerk; restrictions on practice of law; special justices; restrictions on hearing or trying cases 18Justices and clerks; receipt of certain fees; prohibition 19General provisions 19ADistrict court or Boston municipal court; statement of facts in support of civil action for damages; dismissal; appeals 19BDistrict court or Boston municipal court; trial by jury of six; appeals 19CDistrict court jurisdiction; equity powers and rules 19DHousing specialists; appointment; knowledge requisites; powers and duties 20Actions against executors and administrators, and against bail 21Power to establish rules of small claims procedure; venue; jurisdictional amount; hearings; damages and penalties 22Procedure 23Initial determination of cause; removal; claim for trial by jury; bond or deposit; finding as evidence; report to appellate division 24Transfer to regular docket 25Costs; discretion of court 26General provisions 26ATrial by jury; discovery; jury-waived trial; record of proceedings; probation 27Imposition of penalties 27AJury sessions 28Recognizances to keep peace 30Binding over to superior court 32Complaints and warrants 32AInclusion of offense-based tracking number on application for complaint 33Warrants and process; power of clerks to issue 34Arrest without warrant; endorsement of complaint by arresting officer 35Complaints, warrants and process; power to issue; disqualification to hear case; destruction of applications for complaints 35AProcess; issuance on complaints for misdemeanors; consideration of criminal records and domestic violence records; right to hearing 36Justice of peace; taking bail 37Process for witnesses and defendants in criminal and juvenile cases; direction and service 38Access to courts; sittings; adjournments; filing of complaints 39Books and supplies 40Part-time special justices; authorized cases 41Special justice; powers and duties 42Adjournment when justice absent 42AChief justice; powers and duties 42BDeputy court administrator 43Uniform rules of practice and procedure; power to make and promulgate 43AUniform practices; forms; superintendence of record keeping 43BOfficial forms; powers of chief justice 43ECommunity mediation advisory board; coordinator 44Process; formal requisites; territorial jurisdiction 47Clerks; duty to make payments and to account; penalty 48Sentences to Deer Island 49Clerks; duty to pay certain fees; advances; accounting 50Justices; number; vacation and sick leave; rule making power 51AChief justice of the Boston Municipal Court department; powers and duties 52Justices and special justices; assignment; additional sessions; compensation, etc.52AClerks; criminal and civil business 53Clerks and assistant clerks 53ATemporary assistant clerks 54Civil jurisdiction 55Recording systems; stenographic and medical services and equipment 56Clerks; accounting; penalty 57Juvenile courts; divisions; territorial jurisdiction; appeals 57AChief justice for the juvenile court department; powers and duties 57BDeputy court administrator for the juvenile court department 58Justices and clerks; assignment; salaries; vacation and sick leave; interpreters 58AAdministrative assistant for intergovernmental relations 58BSpecial justices of Boston juvenile court; certification of full-time duties; restrictions on employment 58CSpecial justices of juvenile court 59Powers, duties and procedure; jurisdiction 60Jurisdiction over offenders; rule making power 66Boston municipal court department; messenger 67Boston municipal court; interpreters 68East Boston division of the Boston municipal court department; interpreter 69Clerks of divisions of district court department; allowance for assistance 70Clerks of Boston municipal and juvenile court departments; allowance for assistance 74Monthly installments 75BSalaries of assistant clerks of Boston municipal court department 79Salaries of clerks 80Compensation of assistant clerks; practice of law 80ABoston municipal court department; salaries of secretary and assistant secretary to justices 81Traveling expenses 84Computation of compensation