void commitment
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 298 U.S. 460 - Hill v. United States ex rel. Wampler · 1936Most cited · 573 citing opinions
A warrant of commitment departing in matter of substance from the judgment back of it is void. Being void and not merely irregular, its nullity may be established upon a writ of habeas corpus.
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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “void commitment” — 573 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.