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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 II ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
  4. Chapter 233 WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE
  5. Section 11 Requiring testimony

Section 11

Section 11: Requiring testimony

Section 11. A justice of the supreme judicial or the superior court, upon the application of a magistrate or tribunal authorized to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses may, in his discretion, compel the giving of testimony by them before such magistrate or tribunal, in the same manner and to the same extent as before said courts.