Section 34 – Extension of Mortgage; Acknowledgment That Mortgage Not Satisfied, Etc.
Section 34. No extension of the mortgage, and no acknowledgment that the mortgage is not satisfied, whether contained in a conveyance or in a separate instrument, shall be sufficient to extend the period specified in section thirty-three unless it is executed by one or more of the person or persons then appearing of record to […]
Section 16 – Acknowledgment or New Promise by Joint Contractor; Judgment
Section 16. If, in actions against two or more joint contractors or against the executor or administrator of a joint contractor, it appears that the plaintiff is barred by this chapter as to one or more of such contractors, but is entitled to recover against any other or others of them by virtue of a […]
Section 17 – Action Not to Be Dismissed for Failure to Join Barred Party Defendant
Section 17. A civil action shall not be dismissed for failure to join a party defendant if it is established by affidavit or otherwise that the action against such party was barred by limitation.
Section 18 – Actions by State; Laws Applicable
Section 18. The limitations of the preceding sections of this chapter, and of section thirty-two so far as applicable to personal actions, shall apply to actions brought by or for the commonwealth.
Section 5 – Penalties and Forfeitures
Section 5. Actions for penalties or forfeitures under penal statutes, if brought by a person to whom the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part, shall be commenced only within one year next after the offence is committed. But if the penalty or forfeiture is given in whole or in part to […]
Section 19 – Special Limitations
Section 19. If a special provision is otherwise made relative to the limitation of any action, any provision of this chapter inconsistent therewith shall not apply.
Section 5a – Consumer Protection Actions
Section 5A. Actions arising on account of violations of any law intended for the protection of consumers, including but not limited to the following: chapter seventy-five C; chapter seventy-five D; section seven N of chapter ninety; sections twenty-one, twenty-one D, twenty-eight, forty-eight, forty-nine, sixty-nine, and seventy of chapter ninety-three; chapter ninety-three A; sections forty-six A […]
Section 19a – Currency; Euro as Commercially Reasonable Substitute and Substantial Equivalent
Section 19A. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: ”Euro”, the currency of participating member states of the European Union that adopt a single currency in accordance with the Treaty on European Union of February 7, 1992. ”Introduction of the euro”, the […]
Section 5b – Civil Rights Actions
Section 5B. Actions arising on account of violations of any law intended for the protection of civil rights, including but not limited to actions alleging employment, housing and other discrimination on the basis of race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, ancestry or handicap shall be commenced only within three years next after the cause […]
Section 20 – Presumption of Satisfaction of Judgment
Section 20. A judgment or decree of a court of record of the United States or of any state thereof shall be presumed to be paid and satisfied at the expiration of twenty years after it was rendered.