A clerk of the courts may issue any order of notice upon any complaint or other proceeding in a civil action which might be issued by court; but the court or a justice thereof may cause additional notice to be given.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 221, § 22
Orders of notice; power of clerk to issue
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