Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 5515 – Application; denial of writ
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 14 Sec. 5515
- in writing: include printing and other modes of making legible words. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The application shall be in writing, signed and sworn to by the person making it, stating the place where and the person by whom the restraint is made. The applicant shall produce to the court or justice a copy of the precept by which the person is so restrained, attested by the officer holding it. If, on inspection, it appears to the court or justice that such person is thereby lawfully imprisoned or restrained of his liberty, a writ shall not be granted, unless from examination of the whole case, the court or justice is of opinion that it ought to issue.