Massachusetts § 29 Refusal to obey writ; precept commanding production of prisoner

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 29 — Refusal to obey writ; precept commanding production of prisoner

Massachusetts § 29

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, § 29 (2026).

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Section 29. Upon the refusal or neglect of the person to whom the writ of habeas corpus is directed to receive and execute it, the court or justice may issue a precept to any officer or other person designated therein, commanding him to bring the prisoner forthwith before such court or justice, who shall thereupon discharge, bail or remand the prisoner as if he had been brought in upon the writ of habeas corpus.

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Section 29. Upon the refusal or neglect of the person to whom the writ of habeas corpus is directed to receive and execute it, the court or justice may issue a precept to any officer or other person designated therein, commanding him to bring the prisoner forthwith before such court or justice, who shall thereupon discharge, bail or remand the prisoner as if he had been brought in upon the writ of habeas corpus.

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