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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title I COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
  4. Chapter 221 CLERKS, ATTORNEYS AND OTHER OFFICERS OF JUDICIAL COURTS
  5. Section 48 Prosecution or defense of own suits; restriction

Section 48

Section 48: Prosecution or defense of own suits; restriction

Section 48. Parties may manage, prosecute or defend their own suits personally, or by such attorneys as they may engage; but not more than two persons for each party shall, without permission of the court, be allowed to manage any case therein.