HABEAS CORPUS


Meaning of HABEAS CORPUS in English

/hay"bee euhs kawr"peuhs/ , Law.

a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, esp. for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

[ habeas 2nd sing. pres. subj. (with impv. force) of habere to have + corpus body ]

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