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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 277, § 2B (2026)

Middlesex county; issuance of letters of venire for grand jurors

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Section 2B. The clerk of courts in Middlesex county shall, not less than seventy days before the first Monday of January and July, respectively, issue letters of venire to the jury commissioner for thirty-five prospective grand jurors from whom the court shall select twenty-three grand jurors who shall serve in said court for each sitting thereof for six months and until another grand jury has been impanelled in their stead.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1976–1976 · leading case: Grand Jurors for Middlesex Cnty. for the Year 1974 v. Wallace, 369 Mass. 876 (Mass. 1976).
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Grand Jurors for Middlesex Cnty. for the Year 1974 v. Wallace, 369 Mass. 876 (Mass. 1976). “G. L. c. 277, § 2B. Grand juries do not exist independently and continuously in our judicial system.”
Grand Jurors for Middlesex Cty for Yr. 1974 v. Wallace, 343 N.E.2d 844 (Mass. 1976). “G.L.c. 277, § 2B. Grand juries do not exist independently and continuously in our judicial system.”
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