All checks or money orders should be made payable to: "CLERK, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT". No technical forms of pleading or motions are required.Covers all aspects of civil practice in the Massachusetts courts, with special emphasis on the Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure. The master will be required to fill out an exhibit record card in the clerk's office when depositing exhibits. Rule 14 shall govern. Any party may file with the agency an answer to aninitial pleading within 14 days after service of the document to which the answer is directed. The Massachusetts Rules of Civil Procedure did away with strict pleading requirements. A civil action in the nature of certiorari to correct errors in proceedings which are not according to the course of the common law. Civil cases are cases brought to seek court orders telling someone to do something (or to stop doing something) or ordering someone to pay money damages. This guide provides the most common forms used to complete the name change and gender marker change process for Massachusetts residents.