§ 2725.01 Persons entitled to writ of habeas corpus
§ 2725.02 Courts authorized to grant writ
§ 2725.03 Jurisdiction for production or discharge of inmate of institution
§ 2725.04 Application for writ
§ 2725.05 Writ not allowed
§ 2725.06 Writ must be granted
§ 2725.07 Clerk shall issue writ
§ 2725.08 Designation of prisoner
§ 2725.09 Requisites of writ
§ 2725.10 Form of writ when prisoner not in custody of an officer
§ 2725.11 Service of writ
§ 2725.12 Execution and return of writ
§ 2725.13 Return of writ to another judge
§ 2725.14 Contents of the return
§ 2725.15 Return must be signed and sworn to
§ 2725.16 Continuance of cause
§ 2725.17 Discharge of prisoner
§ 2725.18 Prisoner may be committed or let to bail
§ 2725.19 Mandatory commitment for capital offense
§ 2725.20 Return as evidence or plea
§ 2725.21 Forfeiture by clerk for refusal to issue writ
§ 2725.22 Failure to obey writ
§ 2725.23 Persons at large upon writ not to be again imprisoned
§ 2725.24 Prisoner shall not be removed from custody of one officer to another
§ 2725.26 Record of writs
§ 2725.27 Recovery of forfeitures – limitations
§ 2725.28 Fees and costs

Terms Used In Ohio Code > Chapter 2725 - Habeas Corpus

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Another: when used to designate the owner of property which is the subject of an offense, includes not only natural persons but also every other owner of property. See Ohio Code 1.02
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Habeas corpus: A writ that is usually used to bring a prisoner before the court to determine the legality of his imprisonment. It may also be used to bring a person in custody before the court to give testimony, or to be prosecuted.
  • imprisonment: means being imprisoned under a sentence imposed for an offense or serving a term of imprisonment, prison term, jail term, term of local incarceration, or other term under a sentence imposed for an offense in an institution under the control of the department of rehabilitation and correction, a county, multicounty, municipal, municipal-county, or multicounty-municipal jail or workhouse, a minimum security jail, a community-based correctional facility, or another facility described or referred to in section 2929. See Ohio Code 1.05
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures; this provision does not affect any law relating to signatures. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
  • Probate: Proving a will
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.