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habeas corpus

UK /ˌheɪbiəs ˈkɔːpəs/US /ˌheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 4

noun1

A writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person's imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.

verb1

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(informal) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.
- Hawley […] particularly desired, judging by his actions, to put polygamists out of existence, at the same time very mercifully habeas corpused all the prostitutes and their supporters[.] — 1873

forms

habeas corpused · habeas corpusing · habeas corpuses · habeas corpora

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