Massachusetts § 1 - General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent
Full text of Massachusetts Massachusetts General Laws § 1 — General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 1. General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent
Section 1. The supreme judicial and superior courts shall have original and concurrent jurisdiction of all cases and matters of equity cognizable under the general principles of equity jurisprudence and, with reference thereto, shall be courts of general equity jurisdiction, except that the superior court shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all actions in which injunctive relief is sought in any matter involving or growing out of a labor dispute as defined in section twenty C of chapter one hundred and forty-nine.
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Section 1 ("General equity jurisdiction; original and concurrent") is part of the Massachusetts General Laws, the codified statutory law of Massachusetts. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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