Massachusetts Statutes

§ 8 — Security in civil or criminal cases to stand on appeal

Massachusetts § 8
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Ch. 212THE SUPERIOR COURT

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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 212, § 8 (2026).

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Section 8. If an appeal or a bill of exceptions in a case, civil or criminal, has been duly entered in the appeals court or supreme judicial court, any security taken in the case, by bond, attachment or otherwise, shall stand as if no judgment had been entered or exception taken in the superior court until entry of judgment pursuant to the rescript of the appellate court.

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