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What does habeas mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) Shortened form of habeas corpus.
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A habeas corpus writ requires the release of a prisoner held without trial or lawful charge.
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.
What would we say, for example, if a juror brought habeas corpus against the bailiff?
How do the basic values of the writ of habeas corpus compare to those of the Bill of Rights generally?
Public opinion embarrassed him until he agreed, under threat of a writ of habeas to force a court hearing, that his mother could be released.
When we use habeas corpus, we protect the safety of both our physical selves and our moral selves.

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