§ 1 Person defined
§ 2 Domicile, organization or place of business for personal jurisdiction
§ 3 Transactions or conduct for personal jurisdiction
§ 4 Service outside commonwealth
§ 5 Forum non conveniens
§ 6 Mode of service outside commonwealth; proof of service
§ 7 Individual making service outside commonwealth
§ 8 Service outside commonwealth upon designated individuals
§ 9 Documents issued in proceedings outside commonwealth; service within commonwealth
§ 10 Taking depositions outside commonwealth; issuance of commissions or letters rogatory
§ 11 Discovery within commonwealth for proceedings outside commonwealth; legally-protected health care activity
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 223A - Jurisdiction of Courts of the Commonwealth Over Persons in Other States and Countries

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • person: includes an individual, his executor, administrator or other personal representative, or a corporation, partnership, association or any other legal or commercial entity, whether or not a citizen or domiciliary of this commonwealth and whether or not organized under the laws of this commonwealth. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 223A sec. 1
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Service of process: The service of writs or summonses to the appropriate party.
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.