Massachusetts § 1 Distrained or impounded beasts

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 1 — Distrained or impounded beasts

Massachusetts § 1

Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES

Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES

Ch. 247REPLEVIN

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 247, § 1 (2026).

Text

Section 1. A person whose beasts have been distrained or impounded in order to recover a penalty or forfeiture supposed to have been incurred by their going at large or to obtain satisfaction for damages alleged to have been done by them may cause them to be replevied.

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