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Use Civil Practice as a reliable guide to the rules and statutes governing every stage of a civil action in Massachusetts. This title discusses:
• Venue
• Parties
• Service
• Pleadings and motions
• Third-party practice
• Discovery
• Trial procedure
• Appellate review
• “Clean hands” defense
• Uniform Probate Code
• Anti-SLAPP statute
• Small-claims statute that took effect October 1, 2009
• Disposition of residual funds in a representative or class-action matter
• Spoliation of evidence