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=== Massachusetts Court System === | === Massachusetts Court System === | ||
<center>'''Understanding the Massachusetts Court System'''</center> | <center>'''Understanding the Massachusetts Court System'''</center> | ||
This is the history of the court system. It is broken up into historical periods and then a discussion of special courts, records, legal definitions, and bibliography. Realize that except for the upper courts, all records and actions were on the county level. To find detailed information regarding a particular county's courts, see that county page from the [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide#Massachusetts_Counties | This is the history of the court system. It is broken up into historical periods and then a discussion of special courts, records, legal definitions, and bibliography. Realize that except for the upper courts, all records and actions were on the county level. To find detailed information regarding a particular county's courts, see that county page from the [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide#Massachusetts_Counties|links provided above]]. | ||
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! colspan="3" | Quick Links to court history | ! colspan="3" | Quick Links to court history | ||