General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
TITLE I. COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS |
CHAPTER 214. EQUITY JURISDICTION |
SECTION 1. General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent |
SECTION 1A. Remedy in damages no bar to suit for specific performance of contract |
SECTION 1B. Right of privacy |
SECTION 1C. Right to freedom from sexual harassment |
SECTION 2. Statutory jurisdiction |
SECTION 3. Special jurisdiction |
SECTION 3A. Unauthorized use of name, portrait or picture of a person; injunctive relief; damages; exceptions |
SECTION 3B. Fair information practices of public holders; violations of chapter 66A; remedies; limitation |
SECTION 4. Process; issuance |
SECTION 5. Venue |
SECTION 6. Labor disputes; injunctions; issuance; conditions precedent; procedural requisites |
SECTION 6A. Jurisdictional labor disputes; temporary injunctive relief; arbitration; definition |
SECTION 7. Construction of wills; notice |
SECTION 7A. Damage to the environment; temporary restraining order as additional remedy; definitions; requisites; procedure |
SECTION 7B. Noise pollution; shooting ranges; exemption from liability; hours of operation |
SECTION 8. Determination by one justice |
SECTION 9. Acts and proceedings other than trials upon the merits |
SECTION 10. Cases pending in another county; hearing |
SECTION 10A. [There is no 214:10A.] |
SECTION 10B. Proceedings for application of cy pres doctrine to failure of charitable gifts; deviation; notice; parties |
SECTION 11. Issues of fact to be tried by jury |
SECTION 12. Summoning of jury |
SECTION 13. Jury issues in superior court |
SECTION 14. Continuous sitting of courts in Boston |
SECTION 15. Control of action |
SECTION 16. Writs of seisin and execution |
SECTION 17. Receiver's bond |
SECTION 18. Pending actions; taking papers from files |