§ 1 Survival of actions
§ 2 Torts; amount of damages
§ 3 Recovery of goods or damages for benefit of another
§ 4 Accounting for property returned pursuant to judgment
§ 5 Refusal to enforce claim; action by heir, legatee or creditor
§ 6 Writs of attachment and executions
§ 7 Attachments; permission of probate court required
§ 8 Costs
§ 9 Damages and costs; separate executions
§ 10 Liability of executor or administrator for unsatisfied judgment
§ 11 Death or removal of executor or administrator; effect on pending action
§ 12 Death or removal of fiduciary after judgment
§ 13 Appeal
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 230 - Actions by and Against Executors and Administrators

  • 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.
  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Attachment: A procedure by which a person's property is seized to pay judgments levied by the court.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
  • Intestate: Dying without leaving a will.
  • Legatee: A beneficiary of a decedent
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Testator: A male person who leaves a will at death.
  • Tort: A civil wrong or breach of a duty to another person, as outlined by law. A very common tort is negligent operation of a motor vehicle that results in property damage and personal injury in an automobile accident.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.