General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
TITLE II. ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN |
CHAPTER 224. ARREST ON MESNE PROCESS AND SUPPLEMENTARY PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL ACTIONS |
SECTION 21. Supplementary proceedings; dismissal; discharge of debtor
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Supplementary proceedings shall be dismissed, and if the debtor or, if a corporation or trust with transferable shares, its officer, trustee or agent, has been imprisoned, he or it shall be discharged from custody, on payment in full to the creditor or his attorney of the amount due on the judgment, with all the costs of the proceedings, or, unless the judgment is upon a bond or recognizance given under the provisions of this chapter, on the giving to the creditor or his attorney of a bond, payable to the creditor, with sufficient surety or sureties, approved by the creditor, his attorney or the court, conditioned that the debtor shall pay to the creditor the amount due on the judgment, with all the costs of the proceedings, within sixty days after the date of giving such bond or within such longer time as the court may allow.