Massachusetts Statutes
§ 6 — Duration of sittings; adjournments
Massachusetts § 6
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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Bluebook
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 6 (2026).
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Section 6. Regular sittings of the courts for the transaction of civil or criminal business shall commence on the day appointed therefor and end on the day preceding the day appointed for the commencement of the next regular sitting in such county for the transaction of the same kind of business. Such regular sittings may at any time be adjourned from time to time or without day, and such adjournment shall excuse the attendance during the adjournment of all persons required to attend at the sitting, unless expressly notified to attend, but shall not otherwise terminate the sitting.
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