Rhode Island § 10-9-26 § 10-9-26. Precept after disobedience of writ.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 10-9-26 — § 10-9-26. Precept after disobedience of writ.

Rhode Island § 10-9-26

Title 10Courts and civil procedure–Procedure in particular actions

Ch. 10-9Habeas Corpus

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 10-9-26 (2026).

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§ 10-9-26. Precept after disobedience of writ.
Upon the refusal or neglect of the person to whom the writ of habeas corpus is directed,
            the court may also issue a precept to any officer, or other person designated in the
            writ, commanding him or her to bring immediately before the court the person for whose
            benefit the writ of habeas corpus was issued, and the prisoner shall be thereupon
            discharged, bailed or remanded, in like manner as if he or she had been brought in
            upon the writ of habeas corpus.
         

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§ 10-9-26. Precept after disobedience of writ.

Upon the refusal or neglect of the person to whom the writ of habeas corpus is directed, the court may also issue a precept to any officer, or other person designated in the writ, commanding him or her to bring immediately before the court the person for whose benefit the writ of habeas corpus was issued, and the prisoner shall be thereupon discharged, bailed or remanded, in like manner as if he or she had been brought in upon the writ of habeas corpus.