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Section 1Actions maintainable; trustees
Section 2Venue
Section 3Change of venue
Section 4Venue in district courts
Section 4AChange of venue in district courts
Section 4BVenue in actions to enforce support orders
Section 5Trustee summons; service
Section 6Foreign corporations; service
Section 7Partnerships; service
Section 8New trustees; successive services
Section 9Proceedings if trustees discharged
Section 10Answer; filing; contents
Section 11Answer under oath; written declarations
Section 12Interrogatories; answer
Section 13Discharge of trustees
Section 14Admissions by trustees; interrogatories
Section 15Corporations; appearance and answer
Section 16Truth of answer
Section 17Questions of fact; trial
Section 18Default of trustee
Section 19False answers; penalty
Section 20Effect of attachment
Section 20AAttachment of wages; proceedings outside commonwealth against resident debtors and employers prohibited
Section 21Liability of executors, etc., as trustees
Section 22Liability as trustee of assignee in insolvency
Section 23Liability of receivers
Section 24Money, etc., due but not payable; attachment
Section 25Conveyances void as to creditors; persons having property as trustees
Section 26Mutual demands between trustee and defendant; liability of trustee
Section 27Liability of trustee before knowledge of service
Section 28Wages and pensions; exemptions; exceptions
Section 28AMonies held by banks or similar institutions; exemption; limitations
Section 29Offer of judgment; costs
Section 30Attaching exempt wages; penalty
Section 31Bonds; savings banks as trustees
Section 32Claims not attachable by trustee process
Section 33Claims by third persons
Section 34Assignments as security for debts
Section 35Actions pending by defendant against trustees; continuance
Section 36Actions not continued; liability of judgment debtor as trustee
Section 37Defendant in pending action adjudged trustee; proceedings
Section 38Counterclaim by defendant in pending action; proceedings
Section 39Form of judgment charging trustee
Section 40Second attachment; recovery by defendant
Section 41Liability of trustee after thirty days
Section 42Demand on absent trustee; service
Section 43Effect of judgment against trustee
Section 44Discharge of trustee; actions by defendant
Section 45Action to satisfy judgment upon default of trustee
Section 46Default of trustee; judgment in absence of answer or examination in original action
Section 47Default of trustee; judgment in case of answer or examination in original action
Section 48Appearance of trustee; proceedings; judgments
Section 49Limitations
Section 50Death of trustee before judgment satisfied
Section 51Death of trustee before judgment; proceedings; prior examination of deceased
Section 52Default judgments; payments
Section 53Death of trustee after judgment
Section 54Death within thirty days after judgment
Section 55Service of execution
Section 56Failure of executor or administrator to pay amount charged; remedies
Section 57Proceedings if trustee is charged for specific property
Section 58Determination of value of property delivered
Section 59Delivery of specific property according to contract
Section 60Property held by trustee as security; tender by attaching creditor
Section 61Property held for other than security purposes
Section 62Property received by officer; disposal; proceeds
Section 63Sale by trustee of property held for security
Section 64Failure of trustee to deliver property
Section 65Common carriers as trustees; liability for nondelivery
Section 66Bonds; persons entitled to file
Section 67Delivery of property by trustee; limitation of action on bond
Section 68Allowable to trustee
Section 69Payable out of effects
Section 70Payable by plaintiff
Section 71Persons absent from commonwealth
Section 72Persons out of county
Section 73Trustees neglecting to appear; liability for costs
Section 74Recovery of costs
Section 75Several trustees; liability for costs
Section 76Actions against trustees
Section 77Action against defaulting trustee; liability for costs
Section 78Action against defaulting trustee; costs, nonliability, recovery precluded
Section 79Action against defaulting trustee; costs, nonliability, recovery
Section 80Action against defaulting trustee; execution against trustee for costs
Section 81Action against several defaulting trustees; liability for costs
Section 82Adverse claimants
Section 83Costs where damages less than ten dollars