Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 2 (2026)

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Section 2. The writ may be issued, irrespective of the county in which the person is imprisoned or restrained, by the supreme judicial or the superior court, by a probate or a district court or by a judge of any of said courts.

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Cited in 1 case, 2011–2011 · leading case: Stevens v. Commonwealth, 29 Mass. L. Rptr. 320 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2011).

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Stevens v. Commonwealth, 29 Mass. L. Rptr. 320 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2011). “General Laws Chapter 248, Section 1, provides: “Whoever is imprisoned or restrained of his liberty may, as of right and of course, prosecute a writ of habeas corpus, according to this chapter, to obtain relief from such imprisonment or restraint, if it proves to be unlawful, .”

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