If an execution is in the alternative, so that it may be lawfully served in any of two or more ways, the creditor or his attorney may require the officer to serve it in any of said ways; and the officer shall conform to such directions if it is in his power.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 235, § 28
Levy of execution; service; executions in the alternative
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