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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 1 (2026)

Clerk of court for commonwealth; appointment; term, etc

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Section 1. The justices of the supreme judicial court shall appoint the clerk of the supreme judicial court for the commonwealth for a term of five years from the date of his appointment, and may appoint an assistant clerk of said court for a term of three years from the first day of January next after his appointment, and may remove him.

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Cited in 1 case, 2019–2019 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Lee, 134 N.E.3d 523 (Mass. 2019).
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Commonwealth v. Lee, 134 N.E.3d 523 (Mass. 2019). “L. c. 221, § 92, and Mass. R. Crim. P. 41.”
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