Rule 71 – Process in Behalf of and Against Persons Not Parties

May 13, 2021 | Civil Law, Massachusetts

When an order is made in favor of a person who is not a party to the action, he may enforce obedience to the order by the same process as if he were a party; and, when obedience to an order may be lawfully enforced against a person who is not a party, he is liable to the same process for enforcing obedience to the order as if he were a party.

Mass. R. Civ. P. 71

Effective date July 1, 1974.