Massachusetts Statutes
§ 7 — Designation of custodian of prisoner
Massachusetts § 7
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, § 7 (2026).
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Section 7. The person who has the custody of the prisoner may be designated by his office or by his own name, or, if they are unknown or uncertain, he may be described by a fictitious name and the person upon whom the writ is served shall be held to be the person intended.
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