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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 7 Designation of custodian of prisoner

Section 7

Section 7: Designation of custodian of prisoner

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.