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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 213, § 8 (2026)

Accounts and expenses; allowance

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Section 8. The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings and order payment thereof out of the state treasury.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 11 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1967–2026 · leading case: O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the Cnty. of Worcester, 287 N.E.2d 608 (Mass. 1972).

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O'Coin's, Inc. v. Treasurer of the Cnty. of Worcester, 287 N.E.2d 608 (Mass. 1972). · cites it 6× “' With respect to the statute involved in the instant case, the respondents argue that, inferentially, G. L. c. 213, § 8, forbids a judge from requiring a county to pay for the court’s expenses at a criminal sitting, although the section clearly permits him to order counsel fees…”

Commonwealth v. Garcia, 399 N.E.2d 460 (Mass. 1980). · cites it 2× “918 (effective July 1, 1979); G.L.c. 213, § 8; Blazo v. Superior Court, 366 Mass.”

Abodeely v. Cnty. of Worcester, 227 N.E.2d 486 (Mass. 1967). · cites it 3× “213, § 8, which reads, “The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings in the several counties and order payment thereof out of the respective county treasuries.” Other statutes indicate that it has been…”

Baird v. Attorney Gen., 360 N.E.2d 288 (Mass. 1977). “507, 510, 515 (1972); G. L. c. 213, § 8. If a county must pay the cost of court-appointed counsel in a criminal case, regardless of prior appropriation, even where the appointment of counsel may be mandated only by court rule and not by constitutional considerations (see…”

Edgerly v. Commonwealth, 396 N.E.2d 453 (Mass. 1979). · cites it 2× “Authority to award compensation to appointed counsel in noncapital cases was found in the general terms of G. L. c. 213, § 8, 7 but we noted that counsel must expect modest remuneration, below the level they might set and obtain in the open market for work of comparable…”

Commonwealth v. Possehl, 246 N.E.2d 667 (Mass. 1969). · cites it 2× “Does this court have the power to order payment by the Commonwealth or an appropriate agency or subdivision thereof, apart from G. L. c. 213, § 8, for the performance of blood-grouping tests, ordered pursuant to G.”

Opinion of the Justices to the House of Representatives, 309 N.E.2d 476 (Mass. 1974). “G. L. c. 213, § 8. House No. 5293 does not require the Commission or Department to provide the courts with adequate data processing services.”

Bd. of Supervisors of George Cnty. v. Bailey, 236 So. 2d 420 (Miss. 1970). “The court said: The answer to the problem raised by the petition is to be found in G.L.c. 213, § 8, which reads, "The courts shall, respectively, receive, examine and allow accounts for services and expenses incident to their sittings in the several counties and order payment…”

Grady v. Treasurer of the Cnty. of Worcester, 227 N.E.2d 490 (Mass. 1967). · cites it 2× “10 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, Part I, and G. L. c. 213, § 8, are pertinent to its decision.”

Blazo v. Superior Court, 315 N.E.2d 857 (Mass. 1974). “Authority for payment by the county on the court’s order appears from G. L. c. 213, § 8. 9 The outlined procedure is similar to Rule 17 (b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, to which the Commonwealth has referred as a model.”

Comm. for Pub. Couns. Servs. v. Middlesex & Suffolk Cnty. Dist. Courts (Mass. 2026). · cites it 2× “5 appropriate funds for court-appointed private counsel for noncapital defendants, and we held in 1967 that attorneys so appointed were entitled to compensation pursuant to G. L. c. 213, § 8, which authorized the courts to "allow accounts for services and expenses incident to…”

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