Massachusetts Statutes

§ 3 — Execution; issuance; service

Massachusetts § 3
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
Ch. 256RECOGNIZANCES FOR DEBTS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 256, § 3 (2026).

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Section 3. If the debt is not paid at the time named in the recognizance, the court may issue an execution in favor of the conusee for the amount due, which shall be directed, served and returned in like manner and have like effect as an execution issued upon a judgment of said court. Such execution may be levied and shall be obeyed in any county to which it is directed. The conusee shall be entitled to an alias and other successive executions as in a civil action.

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