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When Do Flags Fly at Half-Staff?

12/12/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Signing with an “X” explicated

12/02/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Scarlet Letter

11/30/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s novel The Scarlet Letter (1850) describes the plight of Hester Prynne, who has been forced to wear a scarlet letter A (for “adultery”) on her dress as a sign of shame.

“I’ve been served with a complaint, what do I do?”

10/12/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

If you need to respond to a summons and complaint that has been served on you, our Massachusetts Trial Court Law Libraries have materials that can help.

What is a Vaughan Affidavit?

10/02/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Divorcing couples may want to know if their soon to be ex-spouse will be the beneficiary of an inheritance post divorce.

Endangered species protection: a history

6/28/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Interlocutory Appeals in Massachusetts State Courts

6/12/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries

Elvis has left the country

4/24/2013 Trial Court Law Libraries