{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-24","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 24","heading":"Imprisonment after discharge","body":"Section 24. No person who has been discharged upon a habeas corpus shall be again imprisoned or restrained for the same cause, unless indicted therefor, convicted thereof, or committed for want of bail by a court of record having jurisdiction of the cause; or unless, after a discharge for defect of proof or for some material defect in the commitment in a criminal case, he is again arrested on sufficient proof and committed by legal process.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 248"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter248/Section24","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:01Z","sha256":"1653dd44f008ed3f91e434dd54267c1ee1a7bf88e48980de485b1577246cb9b3","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-23","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-25"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}