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Federal courts located in Massachusetts United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit (headquartered in Boston , having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Puerto Rico)
District Court; Land Court; Housing Court; Juvenile Court; Probate and Family Court; Boston Municipal Court; In the District Court Department, appeals in certain civil cases are made first to the Appellate Division of the District Court before being eligible for appeal to the Appeals Court. After a decision by the Appeals Court, parties may ...
What is now Leicester was originally settled by the Nipmuc people and was known by them as Towtaid.On January 27, 1686, [2] the territory of eight square miles was purchased for 15 pounds by a company of nine proprietors engaged in land speculation: Joshua Lamb of Roxbury, Nathaniel Page of Bedford, Andrew Gardner of Roxbury, Benjamin Gamblin of Roxbury, Benjamin Tucker of Roxbury, John ...
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.
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of Massachusetts.It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth.
Then known as Springfield, it became a precinct of Dedham by vote of Town Meeting in 1729; [7] relegated to a parish the same year by the General Court. [8] Created the Fourth Precinct by the General Court in 1748. [9] Hyde Park: 1868: 800 acres taken from Dedham, along with land from Dorchester and Milton. [10] Norfolk: 1870: Separated from ...
The U.S. state of Massachusetts has 14 counties, though eight [1] of these fourteen county governments were abolished between 1997 and 2000. The counties in the southeastern portion of the state retain county-level local government (Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Norfolk, Plymouth) or, in one case, (Nantucket County) consolidated city-county government.
Massachusetts's 9th congressional district is located in eastern Massachusetts.It is represented by Democrat William R. Keating.With a Cook Partisan Voting Index rating of D+6, it is the least Democratic district in Massachusetts, a state with an all-Democratic congressional delegation.