Massachusetts § 1 Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc.

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc.

Massachusetts § 1

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title ICOURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS

Ch. 221CLERKS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF JUDICIAL COURTS

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 1 (2026).

Text

Section 1. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for a term of five years from the date of his appointment, and may appoint an assistant clerk of said court for a term of three years from the first day of January next after his appointment, and may remove him.

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