§ 1 Divisions; justices; definitions
§ 2 Judges; number in certain counties; first justices, powers, terms
§ 3B Hampshire county; associate justice
§ 3C Circuit justices; appointment; expenses
§ 4 Registers of probate and insolvency
§ 5 Oath of judge
§ 5A Oath of register
§ 6A Special judge or register; interest in proceedings; prohibition
§ 6B Prohibitions and restrictions on justices; assignment to another county
§ 7 Judge and register; appointment as guardian or executor
§ 8 Chief justice; powers and duties
§ 8 1/2 Deputy court administrator
§ 8A Provision of suitable offices
§ 9 Out of county authority; probate judges
§ 10 Vacancy; powers of acting judge; bonds
§ 11 Judges; inspection of records; forfeiture of bonds of registers; notice
§ 12 Bond of register
§ 13 Temporary register
§ 14 Register; duty to certify amount of assistance
§ 15 Register; duties; custody of records, etc.
§ 15A Register or assistant; printing or typing of names on filed instruments
§ 15B Inventory involving real estate in registry district other than district in which filed; recording of information
§ 15C Inventory involving real estate located in another county; duties of registers
§ 16 Register; copies of certain papers; mailing to commissioner of revenue
§ 16A Register; copies of petitions for probate of will, appointment of personal representative, and adjudication of intestacy
§ 17 Register to report vacancy and appointment of assistant
§ 18 Register; furnishing copies; fees
§ 19 Register; reports to division of public charities
§ 20 Register to account
§ 21 Register; receipt of complaints, petitions, and applications
§ 22 Register; power to issue attachments, appoint appraisers, etc.
§ 22A Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications
§ 23 First assistant registers
§ 23A Assistant registers
§ 23B Administrative deputy assistants
§ 23C Judicial case managers
§ 23D Assistant judicial case managers
§ 26 Assistant registers; official signatures
§ 27 Assistant registers; duties
§ 27A Duties of judicial case managers
§ 28 Suffolk county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
§ 29 Middlesex county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
§ 29A Dukes county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
§ 29B Nantucket county; clerk to administer oaths in probate proceedings
§ 29C Barnstable probate court; deputy assistant registers
§ 29D Berkshire probate court; deputy assistant register
§ 29E Hampden probate court; deputy assistant registers
§ 29F Worcester probate court; deputy assistant registers
§ 29G Bristol probate and family court; deputy assistant registers
§ 29H Hampshire probate court first justice; deputy assistant registers
§ 29I Plymouth probate court; deputy assistant registers
§ 29J Essex probate and family court; deputy assistant register
§ 29K Franklin probate and family court; deputy assistant register
§ 29L Norfolk probate and family court; deputy assistant register
§ 30 Court officers; appointment for certain counties
§ 33 Allowance to registers for assistance
§ 35 Salaries of registers, administrative deputy assistants, assistant registers, etc.; payment
§ 35A Registers; salaries
§ 35B Assistant registers, judicial case managers and administrative deputy assistants; salaries
§ 39 Court officers and messengers; compensation
§ 42 Traveling expenses
§ 43 Temporary register; compensation; fees
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 217 - Judges and Registers of Probate and Insolvency

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
  • Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • Docket: A log containing brief entries of court proceedings.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.