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2009 Alabama Code
Title 15 — CRIMINAL PROCEDURE.
Chapter 21 — HABEAS CORPUS.
Section 15-21-10 Writ not to be disobeyed for want of form or misdescription; writ presumed addressed to recipient.

Section 15-21-10

Writ not to be disobeyed for want of form or misdescription; writ presumed addressed to recipient.

A writ of habeas corpus must not be disobeyed on account of any want of form or any misdescription of the person to whom it is addressed, and it must be presumed to have been addressed to the person on whom it is served, notwithstanding any mistake in the name or address.

(Code 1852, §717; Code 1867, §4268; Code 1876, §4944; Code 1886, §4768; Code 1896, §4821; Code 1907, §7016; Code 1923, §4314; Code 1940, T. 15, § 10.)

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