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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 235 JUDGMENT AND EXECUTION
  5. Section 10 Judgment for penal sum; amount of execution

Section 10

Section 10: Judgment for penal sum; amount of execution

Section 10. The court shall award an execution for so much of the penal sum as is then due and payable in equity and good conscience for the breach of the condition or other non-performance of the contract. The amount shall be determined by the court, unless a jury trial was claimed under section sixty of chapter two hundred and thirty-one or is ordered by the court.