{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-4","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 248, § 4","heading":"Issuance of writ; return","body":"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.","path":["Part III","Title IV","Chapter 248"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleIV/Chapter248/Section4","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:25:01Z","sha256":"12553a3ee0964cc41cf23c4958595ec2ac5b8b83ec5a37ef839856710e2631af","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-3","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-248-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}