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Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure

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1 Scope of Rules 2 One Form of Action 3 Commencement of Action 4 Process 5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers 6 Time 7 Pleadings Allowed: Form of Motions 8 General Rules of Pleading 9 Pleading Special Matters 10 Form of Pleadings 1A Transitional Rule for District Court Litigation in Progress on July 1, 1996 [Repealed] 1B Transitional Rule for Probate Accounts in Litigation on July 1, 1977 [Deleted] 11 Appearances and Pleadings 12 Defenses and Objections - When and How Presented - By Pleading or Motion - Motion for Judgment on Pleadings 13 Counterclaim and Cross-Claim 14 Third-Party Practice 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings 16 Pre-Trial Procedure: Formulating Issues 17 Parties Plaintiff and Defendant: Capacity 18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies 19 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication 20 Permissive Joinder of Parties 21 Misjoinder and Non-Joinder of Parties 22 Interpleader 23 Class Actions 24 Intervention 25 Substitution of Parties 26 General Provisions Governing Discovery 27 Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal 28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken 29 Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure 30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination 31 Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions 32 Use of Depositions in Court Proceedings 33 Interrogatories to Parties 34 Producing Documents, Electronically Stored Information, and Tangible Things, or Entering Onto Land, for Inspection and Other Purposes 35 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons 36 Requests for Admission 37 Failure to Make Discovery: Sanctions 38 Jury Trial of Right 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court 40 Assignment of Cases for Trial: Continuances 4.1 Attachment 4.2 Trustee Process 4.3 Arrest: Supplementary Process: Ne Exeat 41 Dismissal of Actions 42 Consolidation: Separate Trials 43 Evidence 44 Proof of Official Records 45 Subpoena 46 Exceptions Unnecessary 47 Jurors 48 Number of Jurors -- Majority Verdict 49 Special Verdicts and Interrogatories 50 Motion for a Directed Verdict and for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict 51 Argument: Instructions to Jury 52 Findings by the Court 53 Masters 54 Judgments: Costs 55 Default 56 Summary Judgment 57 Declaratory Judgment 58 Entry of Judgment 59 New Trials: Amendment of Judgments 60 Relief from Judgment or Order 61 Harmless Error 62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment 63 Unavailability of a Judge; Receipt of Verdict 64 Report of Case 65 Injunctions 66 Receivers 67 Deposit in Court 68 Offer of Judgment 69 Execution 70 Judgment for Specific Acts: Vesting Title 71 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties 72 Probate Accounts [Repealed] 77 Courts and Clerks 78 Motion Day 79 Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein 80 Stenographic Report or Transcript 8.1 Special Requirements for Certain Consumer Debts 81 Applicability of Rules 82 Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected 83 Supplemental Rules 84 Forms [Repealed] 85 Title 23.1 Derivative Actions by Shareholders 23.2 Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations 30A Audiovisual Depositions & Audiovisual Evidence [Repealed effective September 1, 2022] 44.1 Determination of Foreign Law 55.1 Special Requirements for Defaults and Default Judgments for Certain Consumer Debts 64A Requests for Rulings of Law in District Court [Repealed] 65.1 Security: Proceedings Against Sureties 65.2 Redelivery of Goods or Chattels 65.3 Proceedings for Civil Contempt