Section 8. If an appeal or a bill of exceptions in a case, civil or criminal, has been duly entered in the appeals court or supreme judicial court, any security taken in the case, by bond, attachment or otherwise, shall stand as if no judgment had been entered or exception taken in the superior court until entry of judgment pursuant to the rescript of the appellate court.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 212 sec. 8

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
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