Massachusetts Pleading and Practice: Forms and Commentary

• VOLUME 1
• About the Authors
• Preface
• Rule 1 Scope of
• Rules
• Rule 2 One Form of Action
• Rule 3 Commencement of Action
• Rule 4 Process
• Rule 4.1 Attachment
• Rule 4.2 Trustee Process
• Rule 4.3 Arrest; Supplementary Process; Ne Exeat
• Rule 5 Service and Filing of Pleadings and Other Papers
• Rule 6 Time
• Rule 7 Pleadings Allowed: Form of Motions
• VOLUME 2
• Rule 8 General
• Rules of Pleading
• Part I: Pleading, generally
• Part II: Complaints
• Part III: Defenses
• VOLUME 3
• Rule 9 Pleading Special Matters
• Rule 10 (amendment effective as of May, 2010). Form of Pleadings
• Rule 11 Appearances and Pleadings
• Rule 12 Defenses and Objections-When and How Presented-By Pleading or Motion- Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings
• Rule 13 Counterclaim and Cross-Claim
• Rule 14 Third-Party Practice
• Rule 15 Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
• Rule 16 Pretrial Procedure-Formulating Issues
• VOLUME 4
• Rule 17 Parties Plaintiff and Defendant-Capacity
• Rule 18 Joinder of Claims and Remedies
• Rule 19 Joinder of Persons Needed for Just Adjudication
• Rule 20 Permissive Joinder of Parties
• Rule 21 Misjoinder and Nonjoinder of Parties
• Rule 22 Interpleader
• Rule 23 Class Actions
• Rule 23.1 Derivative Action by Shareholders
• Rule 23.2 Actions Relating to Unincorporated Associations
• Rule 24 Intervention
• Rule 25 Substitution of Parties
• Rule 26 General Provisions Governing Discovery
• Rule 27 Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
• VOLUME 5
• Rule 28 Persons Before Whom Depositions May Be Taken
• Rule 29 Stipulations Regarding Discovery Procedure
• Rule 30 Depositions Upon Oral Examination
• Rule 30.1 Audio-Visual Depositions
• Rule 31 Depositions of Witnesses Upon Written Questions
• Rule 32 Use of Deposition in Court Proceedings
• Rule 33 Interrogatories to Parties
• Rule 34 Production of Documents and Things and Entry Upon Land for Inspection and Other Purposes
• Rule 35 Physical and Mental Examination of Persons
• Rule 36 Request for Admission
• Rule 37 Failure to Make Discovery: Sanctions
• VOLUME 6
• Rule 38 Jury Trial of Right
• Rule 39 Trial by Jury or by the Court
• Rule 40 Assignment of Cases for Trial: Continuances
• Rule 41 Dismissal of Actions
• Rule 42 Consolidation; Separate Trials
• Rule 43 Evidence
• Rule 44 Proof of Official Records
• Rule 44.1 Determination of Foreign Law
• Rule 45 Subpoena
• Rule 46 Exceptions Unnecessary
• Rule 47 Jurors
• Rule 48 Juries of Less Than Twelve-Majority Verdict
• Rule 49 Special Verdicts and Interrogatories
• Rule 50 Motion for a Directed Verdict and for Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict
• Rule 51 Argument: Instructions to the Jury
• Rule 52 Findings by the Court
• Rule 53 Masters
• Rule 54 Judgment; Costs
• Rule 55 Default
• Rule 56 Summary Judgment
• VOLUME 7
• Rule 57 Declaratory Judgment
• Rule 58 Entry of Judgment
• Rule 59 New Trials; Amendment of Judgments
• Rule 60 Relief From Judgment or Order
• Rule 61 Harmless Error
• Rule 62 Stay of Proceedings to Enforce a Judgment
• Rule 63 Disability of a Judge
• Rule 64 Report of Case
• Rule 64 A Requests for Rulings of Law in District Court
• Rule 65 Injunctions
• Rule 65.1 Security; Proceeding Against Sureties
• Rule 65.2 Redelivery of Goods or Chattels
• Rule 65.3 Proceedings for Contempt
• Rule 66 Receivers
• Rule 67 Deposit in Court
• Rule 68 Offer of Judgment
• Rule 69 Execution
• Rule 70 Judgment for Specific Acts; Vesting Title
• Rule 71 Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties
• Rule 72 Probate Accounts
• Rules 73-76 [Reserved]
• Rule 77 Courts and Clerks
• Rule 78 Motion Day
• Rule 79 Books and Records Kept by the Clerk and Entries Therein
• Rule 80 Stenographic Report or Transcript
• Rule 81 Applicability of
• Rules
• Rule 82 Jurisdiction and Venue Unaffected
• Rule 83 Supplemental
• Rules
• Rule 84 Forms
• Rule 85 Title
• Index