New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-26. Custody pending determination
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Terms Used In New Jersey Statutes 2A:67-26
- 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: includes corporations, companies, associations, societies, firms, partnerships and joint stock companies as well as individuals, unless restricted by the context to an individual as distinguished from a corporate entity or specifically restricted to one or some of the above enumerated synonyms and, when used to designate the owner of property which may be the subject of an offense, includes this State, the United States, any other State of the United States as defined infra and any foreign country or government lawfully owning or possessing property within this State. See New Jersey Statutes 1:1-2
When a person is produced before the court in habeas corpus proceedings, the judge may, until judgment is given, commit such person to the custody of the sheriff or place him in such care or under such custody as the circumstances of the case may require.
L.1951 (1st SS), c.344