V.

Assigning a Day for Trustee to answer.

If the trustee unreasonably neglect to answer interrogatories, the Court, upon motion of the plaintiff, will assign a day by which his answers shall be filed, or the trustee defaulted.

VI.

Time of filing Pleas in Abatement, &c.

Pleas in abatement, and demurrers to declarations, may be filed within the first four days of the second week of the return term, and not afterwards.

CALENDAR OF THE COURTS.

THE Supreme Court of the United States assembles at Washington, annually, on the first Monday of December.

The Circuit Court of the United States, for the first Circuit, and the Massachusetts District, at Boston, May 15th and October 15th. When either of these days falls on Sunday, the session commences the day following.

FOR THE DISTRICT OF MAINE.

May 1, and October 1, at Portland.

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FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE.

May 8th, at Portsmouth; October 8th, at Exeter.

FOR THE DISTRICT OF RHODE ISLAND.

June 15th, at Newport; November 15th, at Providence.

DISTRICT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES.

FOR MASSACHUSETTS.

At Boston, 3d Tuesday of March; 4th Tuesday of June; 2d Tuesday of September; 1st Tuesday of December.

MAINE.

At Wiscasset, 1st Tuesday of September.

At Portland, 1st Tuesday in February and December.

At Bangor, 4th Tuesday in June.

RHODE ISLAND.

At Newport, 2d Tuesday in May, and 3d Tuesday of October. At Providence, 1st Tuesday of August and February.

NEW HAMPSHIRE.

At Portsmouth, 3d Tuesday in March and September.
At Exeter, 3d Tuesday in June and December.

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS.

LAW TERMS.

At Boston, for Suffolk and Nantucket, 1st Tuesday of March. At Lenox, for Berkshire, 2d Tuesday of September.

At Northampton, for Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden, on the Monday next preceding the 4th Tuesday of September.

At Worcester, for Worcester, on the 1st Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September.

At Cambridge, for Middlesex, on the 3d Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September.

At Taunton and Plymouth, alternately, for Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable and the County of Dukes County, on the 4th Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September. The term for 1847 was held at Plymouth, and that of 1848 will, of course, be held at Taunton.

At Dedham, for Norfolk, on the 5th Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September.

At Salem, for Essex, on the 6th Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September.

NISI PRIUS TERMS.

At Dedham, for Norfolk, 3d Tuesday of February.

At Concord, for Middlesex, 2d Tuesday of April.

At Worcester, for Worcester, on the 6th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Greenfield, for Franklin, on the 6th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Northampton, for Hampshire, on the 7th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Taunton, for Bristol, on the 7th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March; at New Bedford, on the 2d Tuesday of November.

At Ipswich, for Essex, on the 8th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Springfield, for Hampden, on the 8th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Barnstable, for Barnstable and Dukes County, on the 9th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Lenox, for Berkshire, on the 10th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Plymouth, for Plymouth, on the 10th Tuesday next after the 1st Tuesday of March.

At Nantucket, for Nantucket, on the 1st Tuesday of July.

At Springfield, for Hampden, on the 1st Tuesday of September. At Greenfield, for Franklin, on the 2d Tuesday of September. At Boston, for Suffolk, on the 7th Tuesday next after the 4th Tuesday of September.

As the terms of this Court are so frequently holden, it is believed that the arrangement by months, rather than by counties, will be found the most useful to the profession. The number of weeks, during which the Court usually sits, has been added.

1st Wednesday, Meeting of the whole Court, 3 days.