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Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Chief justices; vacancies

Massachusetts § 1
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Ch. 213PROVISIONS COMMON TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 1 (2026).

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Section 1. In case of a vacancy in the office of chief justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, or of his illness or absence, his duties shall be performed by the senior justice present and qualified to act.

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