Section 19. The clerks shall cause one or more copies of all notices of appeal, orders for the report of cases, and bills of exceptions in criminal matters which may be filed or allowed in cases in which the attorney general appears for the commonwealth to be printed and forwarded to him at Boston as soon as may be after they have been filed or allowed.

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws ch. 221 sec. 19

  • 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.