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General Laws of Massachusetts (Last Updated: January 16, 2020) |
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PART III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES |
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TITLE VI. COSTS AND FEES |
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CHAPTER 261. COSTS IN CIVIL ACTIONS |
| SECTION 1. Prevailing party to recover costs |
| SECTION 2. Insolvency of defendant |
| SECTION 3. Repealed, 1931, 426, Sec. 124 |
| SECTION 4. Superior court cases |
| SECTION 5. Offer of payment and satisfaction; effect |
| SECTION 6. Real actions and replevin |
| SECTION 7. Unnecessary actions |
| SECTION 8. Cases tried together |
| SECTION 9. Judgment on certain counts only; effect on costs |
| SECTION 10. Subsequent actions for same cause; conditions precedent for commencement |
| SECTION 11. Double or treble costs; allowance |
| SECTION 12. Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 344 |
| SECTION 13. Discretion of court |
| SECTION 14. Actions by state; liability for costs |
| SECTION 15. Action by state in behalf of private parties; effect on costs |
| SECTION 16. Judgment for costs against state; payment |
| SECTION 17. Attorney general; travel costs |
| SECTION 18. Arbitrators and courts; powers; effect of this chapter |
| SECTION 19. Clerk; duty to tax costs; notice |
| SECTION 20. Appeal from taxation of costs |
| SECTION 21. Execution for costs; bond for costs |
| SECTION 22. Appeal costs; allowance |
| SECTION 23. Supreme judicial, appeals and superior courts; items of costs |
| SECTION 24. Trials at designated place |
| SECTION 25. Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 347 |
| SECTION 25A. Miscellaneous expenses; allowances |
| SECTION 26. District courts; items of costs |
| SECTION 27. Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 162 |
| SECTION 27A. Definitions applicable to Secs. 27A to 27G |
| SECTION 27B. Affidavit of indigency; waiver, substitution or state payment of fees or costs; supplementary affidavits |
| SECTION 27C. Granting requests for waiver, substitution or state payment |
| SECTION 27D. Appeal; notice; record; speedy hearing; stay of proceedings; decision final |
| SECTION 27E. Repayment; deductions from judgment or settlement; notice; procedure |
| SECTION 27F. Substitute documents, services or objects at less cost; court order |
| SECTION 27G. Payment procedure; public record; report of expenditures |
| SECTION 28. Repealed, 1924, 108, Sec. 5 |
| SECTION 29. Court action by inmate; affidavit of indigency; court-ordered payment plan; review and recommendation; penalties for abuse of process |