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PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
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TITLE I
COURTS AND JUDICIAL OFFICERS
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CHAPTER 213
PROVISIONS COMMON TO THE SUPREME JUDICIAL AND SUPERIOR COURTS
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Section 1
Chief justices; vacancies
Section 1A
Concurrent jurisdiction; exception
Section 1B
Questions of law; reservation; report to appeals court
Section 1C, 1D
Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 60
Section 2
Process; issuance in other counties
Section 3
Rules; power to make and promulgate
Section 3A
Rules; printing and disposition of copies
Section 4
Courts always open
Section 5
Transaction of business in any county
Section 6
Duration of sittings; adjournments
Section 7
Simultaneous sessions
Section 8
Accounts and expenses; allowance
Section 9
Attendance of justices
Section 10
Adjournment to another shire town
Section 11
Adjournment in absence of justice; sheriff’s duty
Section 12
Written order to sheriff to adjourn; absence of justice
Section 13
Seal; officers of court
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