The provisions of the General Laws, so far as they are the same as those of existing statutes, shall be construed as a continuation thereof and not as new enactments, and a reference in a statute which has not been repealed to provisions of law which are revised and re-enacted herein shall be construed as applying to such provisions as so incorporated in the General Laws.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 281, § 2
Construction of General Laws as continuation of former acts
Known as the General Law
The act spans §§ 281–281 (10 sections).
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