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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 [[ | 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 | ||
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<center>[[#top|Top of Page]] || [[#court00|Top of Courts]]</center> | <center>[[#top|Top of Page]] || [[#court00|Top of Courts]]</center> | ||
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<center>'''Bibliography''' </center> | <center>'''Bibliography''' </center> | ||
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<center>'''[[#court18|Guides]] | [[#court19|Records]] | [[#court20|References]]'''</center> | <center>'''[[#court18|Guides]] | [[#court19|Records]] | [[#court20|References]]'''</center> | ||
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