Bond — Massachusetts Code § 2
Massachusetts Code § 2 — Bond. Reproduced from the official Massachusetts General Laws, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2. Bond
Section 2. Before the officer serving the writ delivers the beasts to the plaintiff, he shall take from the plaintiff or a person in his behalf a bond payable to the defendant in a sum equal to double the value of the beasts, with sufficient sureties, conditioned to prosecute the replevin to final judgment and to pay such damages and costs as the defendant shall recover and to return the beasts if such shall be the final judgment.
Source: official Massachusetts text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Massachusetts General Laws § 2
- Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
- Code: Massachusetts General Laws
- Subject: Bond
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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