The court may, in its discretion, transfer a cause begun under the procedure to the regular civil docket for formal hearing and determination as though it had been begun by summons and complaint, and may impose terms upon such transfer.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 218, § 24
Transfer to regular docket
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