New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-15. Power and authority to issue writ
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-15
- 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.
- 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 corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
The power and authority to issue writs of habeas corpus shall be and reside in:
a. The superior court and each judge thereof.
b. Each county judge, who shall have concurrent jurisdiction in his county with the judges of the superior court to grant such writ in all criminal cases where a person may be confined in prison or detained in custody, and to hear and determine the same in like manner as though the application had been made before a judge of the superior court.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.