New Hampshire Revised Statutes 534:30 – Reimprisonment
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 534:30
- Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
- 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: may extend and be applied to bodies corporate and politic as well as to individuals. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:9
No person enlarged by habeas corpus shall again be imprisoned or restrained of his liberty for the same cause, unless he shall be indicted therefor, or convicted thereof, or shall neglect to appear according to his recognizance, or to find bail when required thereto; and if an officer or other person shall wilfully again imprison or restrain the person so discharged, except as aforesaid, he shall forfeit to the party aggrieved eight hundred dollars.