Wisconsin Statutes 782.35 – Warrant, how executed
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 782.35
- 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 all partnerships, associations and bodies politic or corporate. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
Any officer or person to whom such warrant shall be directed shall execute the same by bringing the prisoner therein named and the person who detained the prisoner, if so commanded by the warrant, before the officer issuing the same; and thereupon the person detaining such prisoner shall make 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.