Massachusetts § 5 Change of time and place of court; notice

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 5 — Change of time and place of court; notice

Massachusetts § 5

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Ch. 220COURTS AND NATURALIZATION

This text of Massachusetts § 5 (Change of time and place of court; notice) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Massachusetts primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 220, § 5 (2026).

Text

Section 5. If it is unsafe or inexpedient to hold a court at the time and place appointed, a justice of the court may appoint another time and place within the same county for holding the same. Such adjournment shall be made by an order in writing, signed by the justice or justices, and served by public proclamation by the person to whom it is directed in the shire town or as near thereto as is safe, and also by publication in such newspaper or in such other manner as is required in the order.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

Section 5. If it is unsafe or inexpedient to hold a court at the time and place appointed, a justice of the court may appoint another time and place within the same county for holding the same. Such adjournment shall be made by an order in writing, signed by the justice or justices, and served by public proclamation by the person to whom it is directed in the shire town or as near thereto as is safe, and also by publication in such newspaper or in such other manner as is required in the order.

View on official source ↗

Cite This Page — Counsel Stack

Bluebook (online)

Massachusetts § 5, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ma/220/5.