General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 248 Habeas Corpus and Personal Liberty - Section 4 Issuance of writ; return

Section 4. The court or magistrate to whom the petition is presented shall, without delay, issue a writ of habeas corpus, substantially in the form heretofore established and used in the commonwealth, and returnable forthwith to the supreme judicial court, or a justice thereof, at such place as shall be designated in the writ.

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