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Habeas corpus

Definition

(legal) A writ (a formal order) issued by a court to determine whether a person is being lawfully detained or imprisoned, and to release them if they are not.

Example Sentences

1The prisoner's lawyer filed a petition for habeas corpus, arguing that the arrest was unlawful.
2Does the right to habeas corpus extend to non-citizens detained in military facilities overseas?
3The court's decision to deny habeas corpus was widely criticized by human rights organizations.
4In times of war or national emergency, the government may suspend the right to habeas corpus.
5The concept of habeas corpus has its roots in medieval English law, where it was used to challenge arbitrary imprisonment by the monarch.

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