§ 5 — Form of writ

Massachusetts § 5

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part III: COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
• Title IV: CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
• Ch. 248: HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY

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Section 5. If the imprisonment or restraint is not by a sheriff, deputy sheriff or jailer, the writ shall be in the following form:Commonwealth of Massachusetts.(Seal.)To the sheriffs of our several counties and to their respective deputies,Greeting.We command you that the body of   , of, by   , of   ,imprisoned and restrained of his liberty, as it is said, you take andhave before   a justice of our supreme judicial court at   immediately after the receipt of this writ, to do and receive what our said justice shall then and there consider concerning him in this behalf; and summon said   then and there to appear before our said justice to show the cause of the taking and detaining of said   ; and have you there this writ with your doings thereon.Witness at this dayof   in the year   .