Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276, § 82 (2026)
Magistrates authorized to admit prisoners to bail
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Section 82. The term ''magistrate'', in any section of the statutes which provides for admitting persons to bail in criminal cases, shall be construed to include a bail commissioner or special magistrate, so far as to give him authority to admit prisoners to bail.
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case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Commonwealth v. King, 429 Mass. 169 (Mass. 1999).
Commonwealth v. King, 429 Mass. 169 (Mass. 1999). “See G. L. c. 276, § 82. General Laws c. 263, § 5A, states, in part: “A person held in custody at a police station or other place of detention, charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, shall have the right, at his request and at his…”
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