Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 3967
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 12 Sec. 3967
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
- Magistrate: shall mean any Supreme Court Justice, Superior judge, District judge, or Probate judge. See
- Writ: A formal written command, issued from the court, requiring the performance of a specific act.
§ 3967. Examination in case of sick prisoner
When the prisoner cannot be brought to the place appointed for the return of the writ, without danger, because of his or her sickness or infirmity, that fact shall be stated in the return. When such fact is provided to the satisfaction of such court or magistrate, he or she may proceed to the jail or other place where the prisoner is confined and there make an examination or adjourn the hearing to another time or make such order in the case as law and justice require.