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Section
1

Number of Justices

Section
2

Quorum

Section
2a

Statement of Expenses and Costs

Section
3

Superintendence of Inferior Courts; Power to Issue Writs and Process

Section
3a

Administrative Assistant

Section
3b

Conferences of Judges

Section
3c

To 3f - Repealed, 1978, 478, Sec. 99

Section
3g

Repealed, 1988, 164, Sec. 138; 1988, 206, Sec. 3

Section
4

Removal of Officers

Section
4a

Transfer of Causes Between Supreme Judicial Court and Lower Courts

Section
5

Questions of Law; Hearing by Full Court

Section
6

Questions of Law; Reservation

Section
7

Questions of Law; Argument; Order

Section
8

Judgment or Rescript After Decision

Section
9

Records and Rescripts; Contents

Section
10

Frivolous Appeals; Costs and Interest

Section
11

Repealed, 1973, 1114, Sec. 50

Section
12

Law Sittings; Adjournments

Section
13

Repealed, 1961, 106, Sec. 2

Section
14

Transfer of Cases by Full Court

Section
15

Criminal Cases; Hearings

Section
16

Hearing in Boston of Questions Arising in Other Counties

Section
17

Jury Sittings; Times and Places of Sittings

Section
18

Sittings at Fall River; Adjournments

Section
19

Dukes or Nantucket County Cases; Place of Trial

Section
20

Powers of Justices at Jury and Law Sittings

Section
21

Audit of Accounts

Section
22

Salaries of Justices; Expenses; Practice of Law Prohibited

Section
23

Court Employees

Section
24

Services of Retired Justices

Section
25

Disability Benefits Project

Section
26

Program for Evaluation of Judicial Performance

Section
26a

Questionnaires for Performance Evaluation Program; Contents; Distribution, Collection, etc.; Frequency of Evaluations

Section
26b

Judicial Evaluation Standards; Disciplinary Procedures

Section
27

Pre-Service and In-Service Training Programs for Justices; Administration

Section
28

Leave of Absence for Study, Research, etc.; Restrictions