Massachusetts Statutes
§ 21 — Register; receipt of complaints, petitions, and applications
Massachusetts § 21
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
Ch. 217JUDGES AND REGISTERS OF PROBATE AND INSOLVENCY
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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 217, § 21 (2026).
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Section 21. He may at any time receive and place on file complaints, petitions and applications to the probate court or the court of insolvency, and may issue orders of notice, summonses and citations in like manner and with like effect as if issued by the judge; but if the judge considers such notice insufficient, he may order further notice.
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