Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 4 (2026)

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Section 4. The courts shall always be open in every county and the business thereof, or of the justices thereof, may be transacted at any time; but such business shall not, except as provided in section six of chapter two hundred and twenty, be transacted on Saturday or Sunday or on a legal holiday unless it relates to an application which, in the opinion of the justice to whom it is made, is of pressing necessity; provided, that, if the convenience of the public so requires, either court shall be open for the transaction of business on such Saturdays, not legal holidays, and during such hours thereof, as the chief justice thereof may determine.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 6 cases, 1923–2001 · leading case: State v. King, 40 S.W.3d 442 (Tenn. 2001).

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State v. King, 40 S.W.3d 442 (Tenn. 2001). “4, § 1051 (West 1998) (including an exception where ordered by the Chief Justice); Mass. Gen. Laws Ann. ch. 213, § 4 (West 1998) (including an exception when there is a “pressing need”); Mich.”

Muldoon v. West End Chevrolet, Inc., 153 N.E.2d 887 (Mass. 1958). · cites it 3× “The question arises whether Saturday also must be excluded, by virtue of the amendments of G. L. c. 213, § 4, and c. 220, § 6, by St.”

Dist. Attorney for the N. Dist. v. Superior Court, 172 N.E.2d 245 (Mass. 1961). “See also G. L. c. 213, §§ 4, 6 (as amended through St.”

Bullivant v. First Nat'l Bank, 246 Mass. 324 (Mass. 1923). “It was the duty of the plaintiff to go to the single justice, or some justice of the court, and get revocation of the order of the court to the master to go forward with the hearing on Monday, before he could be in position to assert his absolute right to dismissal on payment of…”

Finer v. Commonwealth, 146 N.E. 23 (Mass. 1925). “490, G. L. c. 213, § 4, St. 1897, c. 431, G. L.”

Marcellino, 171 N.E. 81 (Mass. 1930). “” It is provided by G. L. c. 4, § 7, Eighteenth, as amended by St.”

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