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Habeas Corpus

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Noun

1. habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus

a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge

2. habeas corpus

the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Habeas Corpus

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noun
law
a writ ordering a person to be brought before a court or judge, esp so that the court may ascertain whether his or her detention is lawful

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Habeas Corpus

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Law
any of various writs ordering a person to be brought before a court; specif., a writ requiring that a detained person be brought before a court to decide the legality of the detention or imprisonment
: in full ˌhabeas corpus ad subˌjiciˈendum (ˌæd sʌbˌdʒɪsiˈɛndəm ; adˌ subjisˌēenˈdəm)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Habeas Corpus

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n.
1. A writ that a person may seek from a court to obtain immediate release from an unlawful confinement, as when the confinement has occurred through a means that violated the person's constitutional rights.
2. The right of a person to obtain such a writ.

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