Complete, unannotated statutory corpus and directed cross-reference citation graph for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts across all 34 active titles and 614 distinct chapters, cryptographically sealed from official General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (malegislature.gov) sources.
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Verbatim section payloads captured from the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (malegislature.gov) with wire-level SHA-256 hashes and structural hierarchy metadata.
Normalized, schema-validated OASIS LegalDocML (Akoma Ntoso 3.0) XML documents containing strictly enacted statutory text, subsection hierarchy, and session-law history citations.
Snappy-compressed Apache Parquet tables (sections, subsections, edges) and pre-indexed DuckDB analytical catalog ready for immediate SQL, Polars, PyArrow, or RAG/LLM ingestion.
| Artifact / Archive | Layer / Format | Records | Size | SHA-256 Cryptographic Seal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sections.parquet | Gold Columnar Table (Snappy Parquet) | 26,812 | 22.64 MB | b8c9d75301ae73d6ea5f90dccc5b94888782f3a4e8b1ab761dad3bf9b234ba53 |
| subsections.parquet | Gold Hierarchical Paragraphs (Snappy Parquet) | 97,555 | 20.64 MB | ce9fb771a1ab6de2de1aee48d755898f08aa62656f9d19f583d021046f342201 |
| edges.parquet | Gold Directed Citation Graph (Snappy Parquet) | 25,827 | 400.63 KB | 782f85aecc3eba5b53bbdc503bd1c9d70de434f12f9bc9ae1a329100fbbc445c |
| keystone_mgl_bronze_2026-10.tar.gz | Complete Bronze Source Archive (Raw Payloads + Manifests) | 26,812 files | 18.25 MB | 17f8faba444b103bd6d92fe8b270aea607f7058b3ee72e09794a5ba1ad06d9b8 |
| keystone_mgl_silver_2026-10.tar.gz | Complete Silver OASIS AKN 3.0 XML Archive (XML + XSD + Manifests) | 26,812 docs | 23.72 MB | 78420bfefbe5e7778f9d4f7cac98d316dff34c34f16a43e45c2ced6152ff59de |
| keystone_mgl_gold_2026-10.tar.gz | Complete Gold Release Archive (Parquet + Manifests) | 150,194 | 37.57 MB | 2f69ab57f1a209552363efb05dbc790689fbbe9252b45e96580629c0959cf86e |
| keystone_mgl_title1_sample.tar.gz | Part I, Title I Sample Showcase Slice (Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents) | 183 secs | 214.46 KB | bf79308fb24669abba74e24f3070a012ad20b2d9861006cfe8a092c8cf1f4232 |
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
<akomaNtoso xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0"
xmlns:meta="https://pipeline.local/schema/meta">
<act name="statute">
<meta>
<identification source="#pipeline">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="/us-ma/act/mgl/title-pi-ti/section-1-3"/>
<FRBRdate date="2026-10-17" name="snapshot"/>
<FRBRcountry value="US-MA"/>
</FRBRWork>
</identification>
<proprietary source="#pipeline">
<meta:source_html_sha256>9a2242800f6c4465...052e4</meta:source_html_sha256>
<meta:doc_id>MGL-1-3</meta:doc_id>
<meta:jurisdiction>US-MA</meta:jurisdiction>
<meta:container_id>PI-TI</meta:container_id>
<meta:chapter_id>Chapter 1</meta:chapter_id>
<meta:chapter_name>Chapter 1 — JURISDICTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THE U...</meta:chapter_name>
<meta:history_note>M.G.L. Chapter 1, § 3 (General Court 2026 Edition).</meta:history_note>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body>
<section eId="sec_1-3">
<num>1-3</num>
<heading>Marine boundaries of commonwealth</heading>
<paragraph eId="sec_1-3__para_1" class="indent-1">
<content>
<p>Subject to such lateral boundaries as have been or shall be
established between the commonwealth and adjacent coastal
states, the territorial limits of the commonwealth shall
extend seaward to the outer limits of th...</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="sec_1-3__para_2" class="indent-1">
<content>
<p>The coastal baseline of the commonwealth, from which the
breadth of the territorial sea is measured, shall be drawn in
conformity with the treaties to which the United States is a
party.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<!-- 3 additional paragraph(s) omitted for brevity -->
</section>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>
// 1. sections.parquet (Primary Key: doc_id = "MGL-1-3")
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"jurisdiction": "US-MA",
"doc_id": "MGL-1-3",
"universal_doc_id": "US-MA-MGL-1-3",
"container_type": "title",
"container_id": "PI-TI",
"container_name": "Part I, Title I — JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS",
"title": 1,
"chapter_id": "Chapter 1",
"chapter_name": "Chapter 1 — JURISDICTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH AND OF THE UNITED STATES",
"subchapter_id": "Part I",
"subchapter_name": "Part I — ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT",
"section_number": "1-3",
"heading": "Marine boundaries of commonwealth",
"paragraph_count": 5,
"history_note": "M.G.L. Chapter 1, § 3 (General Court 2026 Edition).",
"source_html_sha256": "9a2242800f6c4465835b3c68e6f0ffce40ac28c8108bcdab29f55ade345052e4",
"akn_sha256": "7478f8323a94b7d07874b13bb09de16ee0e618b561aa2ca093398bd1a97da68d"
}
// 2. subsections.parquet (5 rows for MGL-1-3)
{
"doc_id": "MGL-1-3",
"paragraph_eid": "sec_1-3__para_1",
"paragraph_seq": 1,
"enum_label": "",
"indent_level": 1,
"text": "Subject to such lateral boundaries as have been or shall be established between the commonwealth and adjacent coastal states, the territorial limits of the commonwealth shall extend seaward to the outer limits of th..."
}
// 3. edges.parquet (Sample Directed Citation Edge in General Laws of Massachusetts)
{
"jurisdiction": "US-MA",
"source_doc_id": "MGL-10-10A",
"source_section": "10-10A",
"target_doc_id": "MGL-23A-57",
"target_section": "23A-57",
"target_title": 2,
"citation_count": 1
}
| Table | Column Name | Parquet Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| sections.parquet | jurisdiction / doc_id / universal_doc_id | VARCHAR | Jurisdiction code (US-MA), collection-scoped primary key (MGL-1-3), and global key. |
| container_type / container_id / container_name | VARCHAR | Top-level statutory container metadata (e.g., title, PI-TI, Part I, Title I — JURISDICTION AND EMBLEMS OF THE COMMONWEALTH, THE GENERAL COURT, STATUTES AND PUBLIC DOCUMENTS). |
|
| chapter_id / chapter_name | VARCHAR | Intermediate chapter/article identifier and official heading (100% populated across all 26,812 sections). | |
| section_number / heading | VARCHAR | Canonical section number (e.g., 1-3) and cleaned catchline heading. |
|
| full_text | VARCHAR | Complete, newline-delimited statutory text of the section (strictly enacted text only). | |
| history_note | VARCHAR | Legislative session-law enactment and amendment history citations (26,812 / 26,812 sections populated). | |
| paragraph_count | INT64 | Number of child subsection paragraphs shredded into subsections.parquet. |
|
| source_html_sha256 / akn_sha256 | VARCHAR | Cryptographic SHA-256 digests linking the Gold row to its exact Silver XML and Bronze raw payload. | |
| subsections.parquet | paragraph_eid / paragraph_seq | VARCHAR / INT64 | OASIS AKN 3.0 element ID (sec_1-3__para_1) and deterministic 1-based sequence order within the section. |
| enum_label / indent_level | VARCHAR / INT64 | Extracted structural enumerator (e.g., (a), (1), (A)) and hierarchical indentation depth (1–6). |
|
| text | VARCHAR | Cleaned text of the individual statutory subsection or paragraph. | |
| edges.parquet | source_doc_id / target_doc_id | VARCHAR | Directed citation graph edge resolving in-text statutory references from citing section to cited target section. |
| source_section / target_section / citation_count | VARCHAR / INT64 | Canonical section numbers and frequency count of cross-references between the pair. |
| Title | Title Heading | Chapters | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part I, Title I | Jurisdiction and Emblems of the Commonwealth, the General Court, Statutes and Public Documents | 4 | 183 |
| Part I, Title II | Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth | 78 | 3,154 |
| Part I, Title III | Laws Relating to State Officers | 6 | 523 |
| Part I, Title IV | Civil Service, Retirements and Pensions | 5 | 443 |
| Part I, Title V | Militia | 2 | 278 |
| Part I, Title VI | Counties and County Officers | 7 | 260 |
| Part I, Title VII | Cities, Towns and Districts | 38 | 1,473 |
| Part I, Title VIII | Elections | 10 | 633 |
| Part I, Title IX | Taxation | 34 | 1,147 |
| Part I, Title X | Public Records | 2 | 37 |
| Part I, Title XI | Certain Religious and Charitable Matters | 3 | 99 |
| Part I, Title XII | Education | 12 | 666 |
| Part I, Title XIII | Eminent Domain and Betterments | 4 | 115 |
| Part I, Title XIV | Public Ways and Works | 25 | 992 |
| Part I, Title XV | Regulation of Trade | 49 | 2,098 |
| Part I, Title XVI | Public Health | 20 | 1,524 |
| Part I, Title XVII | Public Welfare | 25 | 712 |
| Part I, Title XVIII | Prisons, Imprisonment, Paroles and Pardons | 4 | 299 |
| Part I, Title XIX | Agriculture and Conservation | 11 | 694 |
| Part I, Title XX | Public Safety and Good Order | 20 | 1,124 |
| Part I, Title XXI | Labor and Industries | 17 | 862 |
| Part I, Title XXII | Corporations | 95 | 4,048 |
| Part II, Title I | Title to Real Property | 13 | 470 |
| Part II, Title II | Descent and Distribution, Wills, Estates of Deceased Persons and Absentees, Guardianship, Conservatorship and Trusts | 23 | 824 |
| Part II, Title III | Domestic Relations | 8 | 357 |
| Part III, Title I | Courts and Judicial Officers | 19 | 704 |
| Part III, Title II | Actions and Proceedings Therein | 16 | 776 |
| Part III, Title III | Remedies Relating to Real Property | 8 | 213 |
| Part III, Title IV | Certain Writs and Proceedings in Special Cases | 23 | 602 |
| Part III, Title V | Statutes of Frauds and Limitations | 2 | 56 |
| Part III, Title VI | Costs and Fees | 2 | 115 |
| Part IV, Title I | Crimes and Punishments | 17 | 845 |
| Part IV, Title II | Proceedings in Criminal Cases | 10 | 475 |
| Part V, Title I | The General Laws, and Express Repeal of Certain Acts and Resolves | 2 | 11 |
| Total (34 Titles) | Complete General Laws of Massachusetts Corpus | 614 | 26,812 |