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PART III
COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
(Chapters 211 through 262)
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TITLE II
ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS THEREIN
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CHAPTER 227
PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ABSENT DEFENDANTS AND UPON INSUFFICIENT SERVICE
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Section 1
Actions in personam
Section 2
Counterclaims
Section 3, 4
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 56
Section 5
Agents for service of process; duty to appoint by certain individuals; penalty
Section 5A
Appointment of city or town clerk as agent for service of process by certain non-residents; certificate; notice of action; filing
Section 6
Attachment of realty; dismissal of action upon failure of notice
Section 7
Notice
Section 8
Default
Section 9
Bond
Section 10
Repealed, 1975, 377, Sec. 60
Section 11
Execution levied on land
Section 12
Judgment in real actions
Section 13
Tort actions
Section 14
Contract actions
Section 15
Prosecution against persons served; new action
Section 16
Real actions; absence of one of several defendants
Section 17
Mixed actions
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