Habeas Corpus on Purge of Contempt

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The court, or a judge of the court in vacation, may, in such case, grant a habeas corpus, and discharge the party, if the party purges the contempt, upon such conditions in respect to the party's compliance with the decree as the judge thinks proper.

Code 1858, § 4482 (deriv. Acts 1801, ch. 6, § 23); Shan., § 6299; Code 1932, § 10592; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 21-1213.

Cross-References. Habeas corpus proceedings, title 29, ch. 21.

Textbooks. Gibson's Suits in Chancery (7th ed., Inman), § 377.

Collateral References. 39 C.J.S. Habeas Corpus §§ 113, 193, 196, 205.

Habeas Corpus 22(2).


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