North Dakota Statutes
§ 32-22-34 — Accused liberated for want of prosecution
If any person shall be committed for a criminal or supposed criminal matter and not
admitted to bail, and shall not be tried on or before the second term of the court having
jurisdiction of the offense, the prisoner shall be set at liberty by the court, unless the delay shall
happen on the application of the prisoner. If such court at the second term shall be satisfied that
due exertions have been made to procure the evidence for and on behalf of the state, and that
there are reasonable grounds to believe that such evidence may be procured at the third term, it
shall have power to continue such case until the third term. If any such prisoner shall have been
admitted to bail for a crime other than a capital offense, the court may continue the trial of said
cause to a third term, if it shall
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§ 32-01-01
Remedies - Classification§ 32-01-02
Action defined§ 32-01-03
Actions - Classification§ 32-01-04
Special proceeding defined§ 32-01-05
Criminal action defined§ 32-01-06
Civil action defined§ 32-01-07
Process in civil action§ 32-01-08
Civil and criminal remedies not merged§ 32-01-10
Provisional remedies classified§ 32-01-12
Conditions of relief from forfeiture§ 32-02-01
Qualifications of sureties - Personal§ 32-02-02
Exception to sureties