Massachusetts General Laws

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codified statute collection legal code statutory law

Massachusetts General Laws are the codified statutes that form the primary body of statutory law governing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Aliases (25)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	codified statute collection → legal code → statutory law →
accessURL	https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws →
appliesTo	Massachusetts →
citationFormat	Mass. Gen. Laws ch. [chapter], § [section] →
codifiedFrom	session laws of Massachusetts →
composedOf	chapters →
country	United States of America → surface form: "United States"
enforcedBy	Judiciary of Massachusetts → surface form: "Massachusetts courts" Executive Office of Education of Massachusetts → surface form: "Massachusetts executive agencies"
governs	business entities in Massachusetts → private individuals in Massachusetts → public agencies in Massachusetts → statewide statutory law in Massachusetts →
hasAbbreviation	Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "G.L. c." Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "M.G.L."
hasPart	Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 140" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 151B" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 208" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 265" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 266" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 272" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90" Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 93A"
isPartOf	Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "Massachusetts law"
jurisdiction	Massachusetts → surface form: "Commonwealth of Massachusetts"
language	English →
legalStatus	binding law in Massachusetts →
legalSystem	common law →
legislativeBody	Massachusetts General Court →
publisher	Massachusetts General Court →
relatedTo	Code of Massachusetts Regulations → Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts → surface form: "Massachusetts Constitution"
sourceOf	civil causes of action in Massachusetts → criminal offenses in Massachusetts → statutory obligations in Massachusetts → statutory rights in Massachusetts →
subjectMatter	civil law → consumer protection law → corporate and business law → criminal law → education → family law → health and public welfare → labor and employment law → property law → public safety → taxation →
updatedBy	Massachusetts General Laws → surface form: "acts and resolves of the Massachusetts General Court"

Referenced by (45)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities → appliesLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 164"

Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities → appliesLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 159"

Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities → appliesLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 25"

school committee of Littleton, Massachusetts → appliesLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

subject surface form: "School Committee of Littleton, Massachusetts"

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws related to public education"

Code of Massachusetts Regulations → basedOn → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts General Court → canCreate → Massachusetts General Laws →

Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court → documentedIn → Massachusetts General Laws →

Littleton Police Department → enforces → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts Department of Correction → follows → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws related to corrections"

Newton Police Department → follows → Massachusetts General Laws →

Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality → governedBy → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts Department of Children and Families → governedBy → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts District Court → governedBy → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts educational collaboratives → governedBy → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 40, Section 4E"

Massachusetts state highway system → governedBy → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 81"

Massachusetts Appeals Court → governingLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts Housing Court → governingLaw → Massachusetts General Laws →

Massachusetts General Laws → hasAbbreviation → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "M.G.L."

Massachusetts General Laws → hasAbbreviation → Massachusetts General Laws →

this entity surface form: "G.L. c."