Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 43A (2026)

Uniform practices; forms; superintendence of record keeping

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Section 43A. The chief justice shall be authorized to require uniform practices, to prescribe forms of blanks and records, and to superintend the keeping of records by clerks. He may authorize any justice or special justice to hold a session of any division at another division or elsewhere, in order to promote the speedy dispatch of the court's business.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 10 cases, 1974–2016 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Camblin, 31 N.E.3d 1102 (Mass. 2015).

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Commonwealth v. Camblin, 31 N.E.3d 1102 (Mass. 2015). “In March, 2010, the Chief Justice of the District Court specially assigned to a judge of that court the defendant’s case along with sixty-one other cases in which defendants charged with OUI challenged the reliability of the Alcotest’s source code.”

Jenkins v. Chief Just. of the Dist. Court Dept., 619 N.E.2d 324 (Mass. 1993). “The legal counsel to the Chief Justice of the District Court Department of the Trial Court filed an affidavit stating that, "when a particular district court is not in session, police will take unreleased arrestees to the nearest district court with a sitting judge, who arraigns…”

In re E.C., 55 N.E.3d 979 (Mass. App. Ct. 2016). “123, § 5; G. L. c. 218, § 43A. The Appellate Division determined that the period ended on or around March 4, 2013, based on a docket entry explaining that E.”

Foley v. Commonwealth, 709 N.E.2d 794 (Mass. 1999). · cites it 2× “The Chief Justice purported to act pursuant to G. L. c. 218, § 43A, which permits him to “authorize any justice .”

Bros. v. Lipp, 2004 Mass. App. Div. 21 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2004). “See G.L.c. 218, §43A and District Court Department Administrative Regulation No.”

Commonwealth v. White (No. 1), 311 N.E.2d 543 (Mass. 1974). “G. L. c. 218, § 43A, as appearing in St. 1963, c.”

Jenkins v. Chief Just. of the Dist. Court Dep't, 416 Mass. 221 (Mass. 1993). “The legal counsel to the Chief Justice of the District Court Department of the Trial Court filed an affidavit stating that, “when a particular district court is not in session, police will take unreleased arrestees to the nearest district court with a sitting judge, who arraigns…”

In the Matter of E.C. (Mass. App. Ct. 2016). “123, § 5; G. L. c. 218, § 43A. 3 The Appellate Division determined that the period ended on or around March 4, 2013, based on a docket entry explaining that E.”

In re of E.C., 2014 Mass. App. Div. 230 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 2014). “Pursuant to G.L.c. 218, §43A, the Brockton Division of the District Court Department, sitting at Bridgewater State Hospital, is authorized to sit as the division of the District Court Department or the Boston Municipal Court Department having jurisdiction of the criminal case.”

Artec, Inc. v. Wang, 1990 Mass. App. Div. 61 (Mass. Dist. Ct., App. Div. 1990). “211B, § 10, and uniform practices, G.L. c. 218, §43A. General Laws c. 211B, § 10 defines the powers and duties of an administrative justice as including the responsibility for case flow management.”

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