§ 1 Jurisdiction; notice; hearings
§ 2 Petition; recognizance
§ 3 Notice of proposed taking and view or hearing; publication
§ 4 View of premises; adjudication
§ 5 Procedure on objections to proposal
§ 6 Changes between termini; establishment of building lines
§ 7 Taking land or easement by eminent domain; damages
§ 8 Construction requirements; payment of expenses
§ 9 Culverts and cattle passes
§ 10 Specific repair of ways
§ 11 Relocation
§ 11A Entry upon private lands for purpose of reconnaissances, surveys, soundings, inspections and examinations
§ 12 Payment of damages and costs of construction
§ 13 Payment of expenses of rejected petitions
§ 14 Failure by municipalities to construct highways laid out by commissioners
§ 15 Remedy against delinquent municipalities
§ 16 Payment of county’s share of expense
§ 17 Jurisdiction
§ 18 Notice to county commissioners of final action on petitions
§ 19 Appeal to county commissioners
§ 20 Applicability to railroad crossings
§ 21 Authority to lay out ways
§ 22 Notice of intention
§ 23 Filing and acceptance of plan
§ 24 Taking by eminent domain; damages
§ 25 Sewers and pipes
§ 28 Completion of way by county commissioners
§ 29 Private ways; laying out, relocation or alteration by commissioners
§ 30 Discontinuance by commissioners
§ 31 Costs for hearing petitions; recognizance
§ 32 Report of laid out, relocated or altered roads; recordation
§ 32A Abandonment of municipal ways
§ 32B Taking slope easement to protect ways
§ 32C Easements for erection of snow fences
§ 33 Footways
§ 34 Reserved spaces along ways; rights of pedestrians injured by streetcars
§ 35 Bicycle paths
§ 35A Laws relative to public ways; definition
§ 36 Penalty for misuse of bicycle paths
§ 37 Building lines
§ 38 Acquisition of land for road materials
§ 39 Commencement of proceedings
§ 40 Definitions applicable to Secs. 40A to 40E
§ 40A Excavations; notice
§ 40B Designation of location of underground facilities
§ 40C Excavator’s responsibility to maintain designation markings; damage caused by excavator
§ 40D Local laws requiring excavation permits; public ways
§ 40E Violations of Secs. 40A to 40E; punishment

Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 82 - The Laying Out, Alteration, Relocation and Discontinuance of Public Ways, and Specific Repairs Thereon

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  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Interests: includes any form of membership in a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
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  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.