Massachusetts § 4 Deficiency of grand jurors

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 4 — Deficiency of grand jurors

Massachusetts § 4

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 277INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

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Bluebook

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 4 (2026).

Text

Section 4. If there is a deficiency of grand jurors, writs of venire facias may be issued to the constables of such towns as the court orders to return forthwith the further number of grand jurors required. In Middlesex county, letters of venire shall be issued to the jury commissioner as set forth in chapter two hundred and thirty-four A.

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