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§ 23 — Discharging prisoner

Massachusetts § 23
JurisdictionMassachusetts
Part IIICOURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
Title IVCERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
Ch. 248HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 23 (2026).

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Section 23. If no legal cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint, the court or justice shall discharge the prisoner.

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