LEGAL WORD
Habeas corpus
Writ · Constitutional law
Habeas corpus
- Type: Writ
- Area of law: Constitutional law
1 What it means
You have the body. A writ ordering anyone detaining a person to produce them before the court and justify the detention.
2 Use it in a sentence
His family filed a habeas corpus petition when he was held without being produced before a magistrate.
3 Make it stick
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