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Definition of 'Habeas Corpus' - Lat. 'you have the body' - Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus is a judicial... ... "you have the body" Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
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Habeas corpus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Habeas corpus (pronounced /ˌheɪbiːəs ˈkɔrpəs/ ) (Latin: You (shall) have the body) is a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from the unlawful detention of him or her...
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WHEREAS great delays have been used by sheriffs, gaolers and other officers, to whose custody, any of the King's subjects have been committed for criminal or supposed criminal matters, in making returns of writs of habeas corpus to them directed, by standing out an alias and pluries habeas corpus, and sometimes more,
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Habeas Corpus Act 1679 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Habeas corpus in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The president has now succeeded where no one has before. He’s managed to kill the writ of habeas corpus. Tonight, a special investigation, how that, in turn, kills nothing less than your Bill of Rights. ... The following is a transcript of Keith Olbermann's special report on habeas corpus, as reported on Tuesday,
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One of the Bush administration's most far-reaching assertions of government power was revealed quietly last week when Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testified that habeas corpus -- the right to go to federal court and challenge one's imprisonment -- is not protected by the Constitution.
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