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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part IV CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  3. Title II PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES
  4. Chapter 277 INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL
  5. Section 78 Criminal proceedings as no bar to civil action

Section 78

Section 78: Criminal proceedings as no bar to civil action

Section 78. No proceedings against a person for a crime shall bar a civil action which might otherwise be maintained by a person aggrieved by the commission of the crime.