Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 30A, § 17 (2026)

Partial invalidity of chapter; effect

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Section 17. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.

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Cited in 1 case, 2013–2013 · leading case: J.M. Hollister, LLC v. Architectural Access Bd., 986 N.E.2d 417 (Mass. App. Ct. 2013).

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J.M. Hollister, LLC v. Architectural Access Bd., 986 N.E.2d 417 (Mass. App. Ct. 2013). “The board’s deconstruction, then, of the term “entrance” in a manner which makes each and every door, although framed within a single “entrance,” into separate multiple “entrances” is, I submit, an error of law.”

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