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What does habeas mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) Shortened form of habeas corpus.
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How do the basic values of the writ of habeas corpus compare to those of the Bill of Rights generally?
What would we say, for example, if a juror brought habeas corpus against the bailiff?
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.
And there are no territorial limits to the reach of habeas corpus articulated in the text.
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.
When we use habeas corpus, we protect the safety of both our physical selves and our moral selves.

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