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MA Code › Part II › Title I › Chapter 185C › Section 7

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Section 7. The chief justice of the housing court department shall from time to time make general rules and forms of procedure, which, before taking effect, shall be approved by the supreme judicial court or a justice thereof.

Section 7. The chief justice of the housing court department shall from time to time make general rules and forms of procedure, which, before taking effect, shall be approved by the supreme judicial court or a justice thereof.

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Rules and forms of procedure · Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 185C, sec. 7 | Frix