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((distinguish|United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts))
((More citations needed|date=October 2019))
[[Image:2008_Government_Center_Boston_3104798847.jpg|thumb|Brooke courthouse in Boston houses the Administrative Office of the District Court Department]]
[[File:Bellotti Courthouse Quincy 2019.jpg|thumb|Francis X. Bellotti Courthouse in [[Quincy, Massachusetts|Quincy]]]]
[[File:Massachusetts judicial district map.png|thumb|Massachusetts judicial district map]]

The '''Massachusetts District Court''' (also known as the '''District Court Department of the Trial Court''') is a [[trial court]] in Massachusetts that hears a wide range of [[Criminal law|criminal]], [[Civil law (common law)|civil]], [[housing]], [[Juvenile (law)|juvenile]], [[mental health]], and other types of cases.

District Court criminal jurisdiction extends to all [[Felony|felonies]] punishable by a sentence up to five years, and many other specific felonies with greater potential penalties; all [[misdemeanor]]s; and all violations of city and town ordinances and by-laws. In felonies not within District Court final jurisdiction, the District Court conducts [[probable cause hearing]]s to determine if a [[defendant]] should be bound over to the Superior Court. District Court [[magistrate]]s conduct hearings to issue criminal complaints and [[arrest warrant]]s, and to determine whether there is probable cause to detain persons [[Arrest without warrant|arrested without a warrant]]. Both judges and magistrates issue criminal and administrative [[search warrant]]s.

In civil matters, District Court judges conduct both [[Jury trial|jury]] and jury-waived trials, and determine with finality any matter in which the likelihood of recovery does not exceed $25,000. The District Court also tries [[Small claims court|small claims]] anticipated to involve up to $7,000<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/subject/about/complaint.html |title=Drafting a Complaint in Massachusetts |access-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214151626/http://www.lawlib.state.ma.us/subject/about/complaint.html |archive-date=2013-12-14 ))</ref> (initially tried to a magistrate, with a defense right of appeal either to a judge or to a jury). Fifteen of its judges serve on the Appellate Division, an [[Appellate court|appellate tribunal]] with published opinions that is organized in three geographical districts, and sits in three-judge panels, to review questions of law that arise in civil cases.

The District Court's civil jurisdiction also includes many specialized proceedings: [[inquest]]s; summary process ([[eviction]]s); [[supplementary process]] (enforcement of money judgments); abuse prevention [[restraining order]]s; mental health matters (including [[Involuntary commitment|involuntary civil commitments]] and medication orders, and supervision of criminal defendants committed for mental observation or because [[incompetent to stand trial]] or after an [[Insanity defense|insanity acquittal]]); appeals from certain administrative agencies (involving, for example, firearms licenses or [[unemployment benefits|unemployment compensation]]); civil motor vehicle infractions (tried initially to a magistrate, with right of appeal to a judge); equitable injunctions (exercising specialized equity jurisdiction in all counties, plus general equity jurisdiction in small claims, summary process and civil money damage actions); and other miscellaneous civil matters.<ref>((cite web |url=http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtcourt/ |title=District Court Department - Main Information Page |website=www.mass.gov |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040511192209/http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/districtcourt/ |archive-date=2004-05-11)) </ref>

== See also ==
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* [[Courts of Massachusetts]]
* [[Judiciary of Massachusetts]]
* [[Government of Massachusetts]]
* [[Law of Massachusetts]]
* [[Same-sex marriage in Massachusetts]]

==References==
((reflist))

==Further reading==
* ((citation |title=Inside the Secret Courts |series=[[Spotlight (Boston Globe)|Spotlight]] |work=Boston Globe |date=September 30, 2018 |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/29/massachusetts-secret-courts-behind-closed-doors-justice-sometimes-takes-back-seat-who-you-are-and-where-you/PnfuHcu5rthjte4UJoXmeN/story.html ))
* ((citation |title=Records open a rare window into Mass. 'secret courts' |author= Todd Wallack |work=Boston Globe |date=August 20, 2019 |url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/20/clerks-secret-court-hearings-still-differ-widely-rulings/uVtIqiRCgfWwInt4ZmzpqJ/story.html ))

==External links==
*[https://www.mass.gov/orgs/district-court Official website]

((Massachusetts government))

((DEFAULTSORT:District Court, Massachusetts))
[[Category:Massachusetts state courts|District Court, Massachusetts]]
[[Category:Massachusetts law|District Court, Massachusetts]]

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