noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ legal
▪ High Court ( in the UK )
▪ libel , personal-injury (both BrE )
VERB + WRIT
▪ apply for , seek
▪ obtain
▪
Creditors could obtain a ~ for the arrest of their debtors.
▪ grant
▪
The Supreme Court granted a ~.
▪ file , issue , serve ( BrE )
▪
A ~ was filed in the High Court.
▪
The lawyer came to serve a ~ on him.
▪ be served with ( BrE ), receive
▪
He has been served with a High Court ~.
▪ suspend
▪
During the Civil War, Lincoln suspended the ~ of habeas corpus.
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
22 defendants are named in the ~.
▪ ~ against ( esp. BrE )
▪
The businessmen have issued a ~ against the authority for damages.
▪ ~ for ( esp. BrE )
▪
a ~ for damages/libel
▪ ~ of ( technical )
▪
a ~ of execution ( BrE )
PHRASES
▪ an application for a ~ of … ( BrE ), a petition for a ~ of … ( AmE )
▪
He can file a petition for a ~ of habeas corpus.