Massachusetts Law Updates

Many of the passengers aboard the Mayflower were members of the Puritan sect who left England to avoid religious persecution.

It has been 323 years since the Salem Witchcraft Trials.

Several years ago, a woman came into our library with a question that only a book could answer.

During the cold winter months, many drivers turn on their cars to let them warm up.

When bringing or defending a cause of action, one important question is Is this claim time-barred? The Trial Court Law Libraries have materials to help you with this question.

Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, “the good shoemaker and the poor fish peddler”, were charged with murdering two payroll clerks in a shoot-out in South Braintree in 1920.

We often get questions about crazy or unusual laws. This is one we can actually verify!