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The Massachusetts General Laws is a codification of many of the statutes of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Commonwealth's laws are promulgated by an elected bicameral ("two-chamber") legislative body, the Massachusetts General Court. The resulting laws—both Session Laws and General Laws—together make up the statutory law of the ...
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is the court of last resort.An appeal from a conviction of first degree murder goes directly to the Supreme Judicial Court. The Supreme Judicial Court can also elect to bypass review by the Appeals Court and hear a case on "direct appellate review."
Massachusetts District Court [5] Massachusetts Boston Municipal Court [6] Massachusetts Land Court [7] Massachusetts Housing Court [8] Massachusetts Juvenile Court [9] Massachusetts Probate and Family Court [10] Administrative courts. Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board [11] Massachusetts Division of Labor Relations [12] Federal courts located in ...
The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, [1] is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. The name "General Court" is a holdover from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony , when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a ...
The Massachusetts legislature is located at Beacon Hill in the capital city, Boston. The General Court first met in 1630. The General Court first met in 1630. The current assembly is the 191st since the General Court convened on October 25, 1780, following the ratification of the Constitution of Massachusetts .
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The first court session was held in Boston in 1789. The second term was held in Salem in 1790 and court session locations alternated between the two cities until 1813. That year, Boston became the court's permanent home. A western division was opened in Springfield in 1979 and a central division was opened in Worcester in 1987.