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What does habeas mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) Shortened form of habeas corpus.
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In Bushell's case habeas corpus was used to release a juryman who had been gaoled for returning what the court regarded as a perverse verdict.
And there are no territorial limits to the reach of habeas corpus articulated in the text.
How do the basic values of the writ of habeas corpus compare to those of the Bill of Rights generally?
The act legitimized Lincoln's suspensions of habeas corpus and approved future suspensions for the duration of the war.
When we use habeas corpus, we protect the safety of both our physical selves and our moral selves.
During the war, there were six efforts by internees or prisoners to exercise the writ of habeas corpus in the federal district court in Honolulu.

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