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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title II ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
  4. Chapter 223 COMMENCEMENT OF ACTIONS, SERVICE OF PROCESS
  5. Section 20 Process; issuance

Section 20

Section 20: Process; issuance

[ Text of section effective until November 8, 2022. For text effective November 8, 2022, see below.]

  Section 20. Process in the supreme judicial and superior court shall be signed, and may be issued, by the clerk, shall bear teste of the first justice of the court who is not a party to the action, may be returnable to the same court in any other county, may run, and shall be executed and obeyed, throughout the commonwealth.

Chapter 223: Section 20. Process; issuance

[ Text of section as amended by 2022, 175, Sec. 48 effective November 8, 2022. See 2022, 175, Sec. 55. For text effective until November 8, 2022, see above.]

  Section 20. Process in the supreme judicial and superior court shall be signed, by hand or by electronic means, and may be issued, by the clerk, shall bear teste of the first justice of the court who is not a party to the action, may be returnable to the same court in any other county, may run, and shall be executed and obeyed, throughout the commonwealth.