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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 211, § 5 (2026)

Questions of law; hearing by full court

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Section 5. Questions of law arising upon exceptions, report, or appeal shall be heard and determined by the full court.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1922–2012 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Allen, 392 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1979).
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Commonwealth v. Allen, 392 N.E.2d 1027 (Mass. 1979). · cites it 2× “G. L. c. 211, §§ 5, 6. We uphold those decisions.”
In re the Enf't of a Subpoena, 972 N.E.2d 1022 (Mass. 2012). “See G. L. c. 211, § 5 (4); Rule 6 (P) of the Rules of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, Mass.”
Commesso v. Commonwealth, 339 N.E.2d 917 (Mass. 1975). “G. L. c. 211, §§ 5, 6. Cf. Stranad v. Commonwealth, 366 Mass.”
Robinson v. Commonwealth, 242 Mass. 401 (1922). “In this petition for a writ of error brought by Anna Robinson by her father as next friend, she contends that the commitment was unlawful because the judge had no right to permit the withdrawal of the appeal claimed by the parent because that action could not be taken in his…”
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