New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-9. Service of warrant; return
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-9
- 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.
- 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.
Any officer or person to whom the warrant mentioned in section 2A:67-8 of this title shall be directed shall execute the same by bringing the prisoner named therein, and the person who detains him, if so commanded by the warrant, before the court or judge issuing the same.
Thereupon the person detaining such prisoner shall make a return in like manner and the like proceedings shall be had as if a writ of habeas corpus had been issued in the first instance.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344.