# Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 2: Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes

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## Section

- **Citation:** Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 2
- **Heading:** Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes
- **Jurisdiction:** Massachusetts
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** MA Code / Part II / Title I / Chapter 185C / Section 2

## Text

Section 2. The divisions of the housing court department shall have superior and general jurisdiction with reference to all cases and matters within their jurisdiction; and no order, decree, judgment, sentence, warrant, writ or process made, issued or pronounced by them need set out any adjudication or circumstances with greater particularity than would be required in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction, and the like presumption shall be made in favor of proceedings in the housing court department as would be made in favor of proceedings in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction. Writs, subpoenas, citations, orders, notices, executions and all other processes issued in the housing court department signed by the clerk, temporary clerk or an assistant clerk, and bear the teste of the first justice of the division and shall run throughout the commonwealth.

Section 2. The divisions of the housing court department shall have superior and general jurisdiction with reference to all cases and matters within their jurisdiction; and no order, decree, judgment, sentence, warrant, writ or process made, issued or pronounced by them need set out any adjudication or circumstances with greater particularity than would be required in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction, and the like presumption shall be made in favor of proceedings in the housing court department as would be made in favor of proceedings in other departments of superior and general jurisdiction. Writs, subpoenas, citations, orders, notices, executions and all other processes issued in the housing court department signed by the clerk, temporary clerk or an assistant clerk, and bear the teste of the first justice of the division and shall run throughout the commonwealth.

## Nearby sections

- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 1 Housing court department; composition; definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S1.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 2 Superior and general jurisdiction; presumption; processes](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S2.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 3 Concurrent jurisdiction; powers of superior court department; enforcement authority](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S3.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 4 Sittings of court](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S4.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 5 Time for transaction of business](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S5.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 6 Seal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S6.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 7 Rules and forms of procedure](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S7.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 8 Justices; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks; appeals; removal](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S8.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 8A Chief justice authority and responsibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S8A.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 8B Deputy court administrator](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S8B.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 9 Clerks; appointment; disputes between justices and clerks](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S9.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 9A Salaries of clerks and assistant clerks; practice of law](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S9A.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 10 Temporary clerks](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S10.md)
- [Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 11 Assistant clerks](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MA_PII_TI_C185C_S11.md)

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