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The 194th General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
  1. General Laws
  2. Part III COURTS, JUDICIAL OFFICERS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CIVIL CASES
  3. Title IV CERTAIN WRITS AND PROCEEDINGS IN SPECIAL CASES
  4. Chapter 248 HABEAS CORPUS AND PERSONAL LIBERTY
  5. Section 23 Discharging prisoner

Section 23

Section 23: Discharging prisoner

Section 23. If no legal cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint, the court or justice shall discharge the prisoner.