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	Massachusetts General Court information - Search.com
		The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled, The Great and General Court) is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
		The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the Colonial Era, when this body also sat in judgement of judicial appeals cases.
		The responsibility for enacting laws in Massachusetts rests primarily with the state legislature, formally known as the General Court.
	www.search.com /reference/Massachusetts_General_Court (1157 words)

	Massachusetts General Court Definition / Massachusetts General Court Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislatureState legislatures are the lawmaking bodies of the 50 states in the United States of America.
		The upper house is the Massachusetts SenateThe Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts.
		The lower body, the Massachusetts House of RepresentativesThe Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts.
	www.elresearch.com /Massachusetts_General_Court (286 words)

	Encyclopedia: Massachusetts General Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts.
		The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of Massachusetts.
		The General Court was established in 1630 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony obtained a new charter.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Massachusetts-General-Court (2424 words)

	THE GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS
		This is NOT the official version of the Massachusetts General Laws (MGL).
		Text of the General Laws are periodically updated to reflect any changes made to them.
		The General Laws are presented in 5 parts.
	www.mass.gov /legis/laws/mgl/index.htm (173 words)

	GLAD :: Marriage in Massachusetts FAQ
		The Court ruled the exclusion is unconstitutional under the liberty and equality provisions of the Massachusetts Constitution.
		The Court stayed judgment “to permit the Legislature to take such action as it may deem appropriate in light of this opinion.” Stays are not unusual and often, as here, provide a window of time for the Legislature to conform its laws with a Court decision.
		Because this presumption can be rebutted in a court proceeding by proof that someone else is the child’s biological parent, however, the non-biological parent may want to consider adopting the child in order to protect him or herself and the child from later attempts to disprove the presumed parental status of the non-biological parent.
	www.glad.org /marriage/massmarriage_faq.shtml (4051 words)

	FindLaw for Legal Professionals - Case Law, Federal and State Resources, Forms, and Code
		Wade, 410 U.S. (1973), the court went on to hold that the Georgia statute violated respondent's fundamental rights because his homosexual activity is a private and intimate association that is beyond the reach of state regulation by reason of the Ninth Amendment and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
		The Court recognized in Roberts, 468 U.S., at 619, that the "ability independently to define one's identity that is central to any concept of liberty" cannot truly be exercised in a vacuum; we all depend on the "emotional enrichment from close ties with others." Ibid.
		Yoder, 406 U.S. The Court claims that its decision today merely refuses to recognize a fundamental right to engage in homosexual sodomy; what the Court really has refused to recognize is the fundamental interest all individuals have in controlling the nature of their intimate associations with others.
	laws.findlaw.com /US/478/186.html (10500 words)

	NESL Research Guide: Mass. Legislative History
		The House and the Senate are collectively known as the Massachusetts General Court, http://www.magnet.state.ma.us/legis/legis.htm The annual session of the General Court for each year begins on the first Wednesday of January and dissolves when the legislative business is completed for the year and the legislators vote to "prorogue" (dissolve).
		Lawmaking in Massachusetts, by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, http://www.state.ma.us/legis/lawmkng.htm,
		Massachusetts legislative floor debates are likewise not transcribed and therefore not found in House and Senate Journals, unlike at the federal level where debates are in the Congressional Record.
	www.nesl.edu /research/rsguides/web2.htm (1104 words)

	USDC Massachusetts
		The first District Court session was held in Boston in December of 1789.
		In 1933 the court was moved to the Post Office and Courthouse Building at Post Office Square in downtown Boston.
		Court sessions were held there until August of 1998 when we relocated into the John Joseph Moakley U. Courthouse on Boston Harbor, our present location.
	www.mad.uscourts.gov (175 words)

	Massachusetts Bay Silver General Introduction
		On September 27, 1642 the General Court passed an act regulating the value of the Holland "ducatour" of the three guilders at six shillings, while the "rix" dollar and the Spanish American eight reales cob coins were valued at five shillings each.
		The General Court established a standard of 72 grains of.925 fine sterling silver to the shilling, which represented a 22.5% reduction of the English standard of 92.9 grains per shilling.
		Further, the General Court was willing to follow the king's wishes if he desired a different image to appear on their coins.
	www.coins.nd.edu /ColCoin/ColCoinIntros/MASilver.intro.html (5799 words)

	Massachusetts General Court - dKosopedia
		The Great and General Court of Massachusetts is made up of a Senate of 40 members and a House of Representatives of 160 members, all of whom are elected to two-year terms.
		It was established in 1691 when the Massachusetts Bay Colony got a new charter, and existed in its colonial form until the first Massachusetts state constitution was ratified in 1779.
		The Court is currently housed in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.dkosopedia.com /index.php/Massachusetts_General_Court (1962 words)

	Massachusetts General Court -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Massachusetts General Court is the (Click link for more info and facts about state legislature) state legislature of the (Click link for more info and facts about U.S. state) U.S. state of (A state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies) Massachusetts.
		The General Court was established in 1630 when the (One of the British colonies that formed the United States) Massachusetts Bay Colony obtained a new charter.
		The General Court meets in the (Click link for more info and facts about Massachusetts State House) Massachusetts State House in (Click link for more info and facts about Boston, Massachusetts) Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/M/Ma/Massachusetts_General_Court.htm (464 words)

	2004-006 Formal Opinion, Attorney General of Connecticut
		The Court noted that Connecticut statutes do "not endorse or authorize, respectively, civil unions or any other relationship between unmarried persons," and that "the common law of Connecticut regarding rights arising out of marital status makes clear that this legal relation contemplated a contract made between a man and a woman." Id.
		Courts that have examined similar classifications between same sex and opposite sex couples have characterized the class involved in one of two ways, either as based on sex or as based on sexual orientation.
		Some courts addressing the issue have concluded that the fundamental right to marry is limited to opposite sex couples, reasoning that marriage by definition is between a man and a woman.
	www.cslib.org /attygenl/opinions/2004/2004-006.htm (2388 words)

	BU Law Library: Research: Hot Topic: Same Sex Marriage In Massachusetts (Topical Guides) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The SJC reversed the decision of the Superior Court for Suffolk County, which had entered summary judgment against the plaintiff couples who were seeking the right to marry.
		In the case of a legislative amendment, introduced by a member of the legislature, the constitutional amendment process in Massachusetts requires that the proposed amendment be approved in joint session by a majority vote in two consecutive legislatures and approved by a majority vote in the next statewide election.
		Attorney General Thomas Reilly declined to seek a stay of the order, stating that the governor's legal arguments have no validity, given the SJC's repeated decisions on the issue.
	www.bu.edu /lawlibrary/research/hottopic/marriage.htm (597 words)

	Suffolk University: Massachusetts Resources
		Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct SJC Rule 3:07 includes the Massachusetts Rules of Professional Conduct.
		U.S. District Court Official homepage of the district court of Massachusetts.
		Massachusetts Municipal Association A "nonprofit, nonpartisan municipal advocacy organization." A very good source for information on cities and towns in Massachusetts.
	www.law.suffolk.edu /library/research/a-z/webography/mastate.cfm (781 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Native Americans renew quest for repeal of archaic law before convention (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Boston City Council passed a resolution in favor of the repeal last year, but the final action must be taken by the state Legislature, whose forefathers in the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony approved the statute on Oct. 13, 1675.
		The confederacy sent a letter to Attorney General Thomas Reilly June 29 asking for his assistance in eliminating the statute as well as a clarification of the 1675 statute.
		There have been many times in the centuries of Massachusetts history when seemingly repugnant laws, such as anti-miscegenation statutes, continued to be enforced, he explained.
	www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/07/08/native_americans_renew_quest_for_repeal_of_archaic_law_before_convention (731 words)

	Letter to the Massachusetts General Court
		If that were the case it would mean that the Courts would control the legislature and that would be a fundamental destruction of our form of government.
		Massachusetts has the right of common law and common law states that marriage is between a man and a woman then a court order cannot overrule.
		These four justices are saying that it is the court, not the legislature that makes the law, and that they will determine the will of the people.
	www.foundersintent.com /thoughts/_thoughts/00000037.htm (1027 words)

	Tours: Lawmaking in Massachusetts
		The Secretary of the Commonwealth has published - "Lawmaking in Massachusetts" - to help clear up the mysteries and provide you with a basic understanding of how a bill becomes a law, and to explain how you can become involved in the process.
		It follows lawmaking in our General Court step by step from the initial filing of a bill until the day when the governor signs the bill into law.
		The responsibility for enacting laws in Massachusetts rests primarily with the state legislature, formally known as the General Court.
	www.sec.state.ma.us /trs/trslaw/lawidx.htm (1103 words)

	DIVISIONS OVER UNIONS ... The political battle over same-sex marriage in America heats up
		The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts appears- at least from what I can right now glean from various and sundry press reports- to have decided the case before it on the basis of its powers of equitable jurisdiction and how that jurisdiction plays within the provisions of the State's own Constitution.
		For instance, the court opined that, per the majority's interpretation of the Commonwealth's own Constitution, "[C]entral to personal freedom and security is the assurance that the laws will apply equally to persons in similar situations".
		The complexities that the court's answer cannot at all address, however, involve the moral/religious attitude of most Americans- those who believe that homosexuality is wrong, where not actually sinful- rubbing up against the secularism of what Marriage, as an institution, has become under State definition and regulation.
	www.thegreenpapers.com /PCom?20031119-0 (1236 words)

	A Chronological History of Woburn, Massachusetts
		The General Court met in session in the fall of 1642 and the Town of Woburn was incorporated on October 7, 1642.
		The General Court met in session and the Town of Woburn was incorporated on October 7, 1642.
		The first general town meeting was held November 9, 1643; absence from a public meeting without an excuse meant a fine of 18 pence.
	users.rcn.com /woblib/chrnlgy.htm (3585 words)

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		GLAD argued that the Massachusetts Constitution guarantees that all people shall be treated equally and enjoy fundamental liberties and that without the freedom to marry under Massachusetts state law, same-sex couples and their children are denied the protections and responsibilities that marriage provides.
		Because the case is based on the Massachusetts Constitution, it cannot be appealed to federal court or to the U.S. Supreme Court.
		On February 11, 2004, Massachusetts legislators held a constitutional convention and debated whether or not to amend the Massachusetts Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.
	www.law.suffolk.edu /library/research/a-z/news/samesex.cfm (1129 words)

	Section I. The General Court
		No bill or resolve of the senate or house of representatives shall become a law, and have force as such, until it shall have been laid before the governor for his revisal; and if he, upon such revision, approve thereof, he shall signify his approbation by signing the same.
		And in order to prevent unnecessary delays, if any bill or resolve shall not be returned by the governor within five days after it shall have been presented, the same shall have the force of a law.
		To which courts and judicatories are hereby given and granted full power and authority, from time to time, to administer oaths or affirmations, for the better discovery of truth in any matter in controversy or depending before them.
	www.lexrex.com /enlightened/laws/mass1780/genl_court.htm (216 words)

	Massachusetts Probate Court Directory
		You can also look up a probate court location or see if there's a published probate record index, online or in book form.
		To find information on how to locate and research a Massachusetts probate record or to get a basic understanding as to their value in Massachusetts genealogy research for example, please go to our probate research page.
		For more information read General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 210: Adoption of Children and Change of Name.
	www.mass-doc.com /probate_court_dir.htm (462 words)

	AllRefer.com - Jeremiah Dummer, c.1680–1739, colonial agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut (U.S. History, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Jeremiah Dummer c.1680–1739, colonial agent for Massachusetts and Connecticut, b.
		He became the agent in England of Massachusetts (1710) and of Connecticut (1712).
		Because Dummer recommended and supported the appointment of the unpopular Samuel Shute as governor of Massachusetts, he was dismissed as colonial agent in 1721 by the Massachusetts General Court and in 1730 by Connecticut.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DummrJson.html (284 words)

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		He was elected to the Massachusetts General Court in 1753 and served until 1774.
		Bowdoin was (1775–77) a leading figure in the council that governed Massachusetts during the Revolution, presided over the state constitutional convention in 1779, and served (1785–87) as governor of the state.
		He was a staff officer for Beauregard, and later saw service in Louisiana with General Richard Taylor; near the end of the war he became involved in a Confederate bid to win French support for their flagging cause.
	www.miquelon.org /famous (2555 words)

	BOPCRIS Library of Congress Subject Heading (18th Century) for Massachusetts - General Court - House of Representatives ...
		Browse / Library of Congress subject headings (18th century) / Massachusetts / Massachusetts - General Court - House of Representatives - Publication of proceedings
		Browse: Massachusetts - General Court - House of Representatives - Publication of proceedings
		Journal of the House of Representatives of Massachusetts Bay, 29 October to 9 December 1766
	www.bopcris.ac.uk /bop1700/browse/990_2.html (73 words)

	Address to the Massachusetts General Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		We are committing ourselves to tasks of statecraft no less awesome than that of governing the Massachusetts Bay Colony, beset as it was then by terror without and disorder within.
		And when at some future date the high court of history sits in judgment on each one of us--recording whether in our brief span of service we fulfilled our responsibilities to the state--our success or failure, in whatever office we may hold, will be measured by the answers to four questions:
		And these are the qualities which, with God's help, this son of Massachusetts hopes will characterize our government's conduct in the four stormy years that lie ahead.
	www.jfklibrary.org /j010961.htm (913 words)

	Massachusetts Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		You are invited to explore and share information about the Massachusetts court...
		Chief Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Roberts v.
		Massachusetts court brings same-sex marriage to political forefront...
	www.travelmassachusetts.info /browse/massachusetts-court.html (99 words)

	The "General Fundamentals" of the Plymouth Colony (Reason): American Treasures of the Library of Congress
		The Book of the General Laws of the Inhabitants of the Jurisdiction of New-Plimouth is one of the oldest items in the Library's collection of American laws.
		It was soon surpassed in population and wealth by the Massachusetts Bay Colony, centered on Boston, and was annexed to Massachusetts in 1691.
		In 1636, when the population was less than three thousand people, a committee of the General Court composed a legal code, the first produced in North America.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/treasures/trr003.html (354 words)

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