habeas corpus
noun/ˌheɪbiəs ˈkɔːpəs/UK/ˌheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/CA
Etymology
From Latin habeas corpus ad subiciendum (“You (shall) have the body to be subjected to (examination)”), referring to the body of the detainee (not the body of a victim, similar to corpus delicti).
Definitions
A writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used…
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.
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[.]
- He saw that according to the fable typed on its lily white face one, John Grimaldi of Brooklyn, was summoned, advised, entreated, requested, ordered, corpus delictied, habeas corpused and generally invited to appear in said court[.]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA