§ 1 Bond of receiver of absentee or guardian
§ 6A Surety not required on bonds filed by national banks
§ 9 Sureties on bonds; requirements
§ 10 Approval by judge or register
§ 11 Joint fiduciaries; joint or separate bonds
§ 12 Joint executors; failure to give bond; effect
§ 13 Fiduciary; license to sell or mortgage realty; additional bond
§ 14 Insufficiency of sureties; new bond
§ 15 Discharge of sureties; new bond
§ 16 Failure to give new bond; effect
§ 17 Sureties on prior bond; liability
§ 18 Penal sum of bond; reduction
§ 19 Woman fiduciary; effect of marriage
§ 19A Joint control of trust estates; agreements between fiduciaries and sureties; authorization
§ 20 Actions upon bonds by creditors
§ 21 Creditors; amount due ascertained by decree of distribution
§ 22 Actions upon bonds by next of kin
§ 23 Actions upon bonds by person aggrieved by maladministration of fiduciary
§ 24 Judge as obligor
§ 25 Wife of probate judge as obligor
§ 26 Endorsement of writ
§ 27 Obligor; summoning
§ 28 Obligor; failure to appear; effect
§ 29 Actions upon bonds given by guardians, conservators, trustees or other fiduciary
§ 30 Venue for actions upon bonds
§ 31 Form of execution
§ 32 Execution for use of particular person; procedure
§ 33 Execution for undesignated persons; procedure
§ 34 New breach; effect
§ 35 Bond of guardian or conservator; limitation of action against sureties
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 205 - Bonds of Executors, Administrators, Guardians, Conservators, Trustees and Receivers

  • Administratrix: The female counterpart of an administrator. See also
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Executrix: The female counterpart of an executor. See also
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • 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.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.