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habeas corpus
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
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habeas corpus a writ requiring a person under arrest to be brought before a judge or into court, especially to secure the person's release unless lawful grounds are shown for their detention.
Recorded from late Middle English, the phrase is from Latin, literally ‘thou shalt have the body (in court)’.
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You should have the body: understanding habeas corpus.
Magazine article from: Social Education; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...courts, writs of habeas corpus had several purposes...receive a writ of habeas corpora juratorum (ordering...jurors) or a writ of habeas corpus cum causa (ordering...confinement). The modern habeas writ developed from...that issued writs of habeas corpus were ...
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Habeas corpus - limited review for actual innocence. (Supreme Court Review) (Case Note)
Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...not grounds for federal habeas corpus relief. Although Chief...extended federal habeas corpus protection to prisoners...act "brings within the habeas corpus jurisdiction of...well settled that upon habeas corpus the court will not weigh...
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Wrong on habeas corpus; Gonzales misstates the facts.(OPED)(SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 2/5/2007; 700+ words
; ...is no express grant of habeas (corpus) in the Constitution...assured the right of habeas corpus .. there's...authority" is habeas corpus and "the existence of...not only does not take habeas corpus for granted...
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SEN. SPECTER SPEAKS ON HABEAS CORPUS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/18/2007; 700+ words
; ...States, the writ of habeas corpus would apply in accordance...wrote as to statutory habeas, his historic analysis implicates the right to habeas under the common law and...developed the writ of habeas corpus largely to preserve these...
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Gonzales needs lesson on habeas corpus
Newspaper article from: Columbia Daily Tribune; 2/11/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...is no express grant of habeas" corpus "in the Constitution...assured the right of habeas corpus." He added that...authority" is habeas corpus - and "the existence...not only does not take habeas corpus for granted but...
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Brecht v. Abrahamson: harmful error in habeas corpus law. (Criminal Law)
Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...HARMLESS ERROR STANDARD FOR HABEAS CORPUS CASES For the past two...constitutional error in habeas corpus proceedings as...Supreme Court or habeas corpus review in the federal...principle of direct appeal/habeas corpus parity. The Court...
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HABEAS CORPUS:MARIANO-FLORENTINO CUELLAR
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 5/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...the relationship between habeas corpus, executive discretion...development of a robust habeas corpus doctrine predates the...assigned an important role to habeas corpus in vindicating due process...doctrine have expanded habeas corpus beyond its 18th...
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Justices weave intricate web of habeas corpus decisions.
Magazine article from: Trial; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...provided the political cover for the habeas corpus, prison litigation, and immigration...federal courts to issue a writ of habeas corpus only if a state court's adjudication...limitations on petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, measured from the day when the...
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PLEASE SIGN THE PETITION TO RESTORE HABEAS CORPUS
Magazine article from: Rachel's Democracy & Health News; 1/25/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...MCA), which restricted habeas corpus rights, allowing the...campaign to restore habeas corpus is at: http://ga1...text of the "restore habeas corpus" petition is BELOW...condemned the denial of habeas corpus rights to detainees and...
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Habeas corpus - retroactivity of post-conviction rulings: finality at the expense of justice. (Supreme Court Review) (Case Note)
Magazine article from: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...bring a successful federal habeas claim unless the state...the doctrine of federal habeas corpus as Congress envisioned...1960s, the writ of habeas corpus enabled federal courts...limited the scope of federal habeas review through a number...
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Habeas Corpus
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
HABEAS CORPUS [ Latin, You have the body. ] A writ...federal courts the power to hear the habeas corpus petitions of federal prisoners. In 1867, Congress passed the habeas corpus act of February 5 (ch. 28...
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Habeas Corpus, Writ of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
HABEAS CORPUS, WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS, WRIT OF, is a legal procedure by which a court inquires...detention. In the words of Chief Justice John Marshall, "The writ of habeas corpus is a high prerogative writ, known to the common law, the...
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habeas corpus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
habeas corpus. Before Magna Carta, the writ of habeas corpus constituted a command in the king's name to have...of the situation in 1640, his adversaries moved to defend habeas corpus. The Act of 1641 which abolished Star Chamber declared...
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Habeas Corpus Act
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
Habeas Corpus Act (1863).In the early months of the...suspended the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in the border states and subsequently throughout the North. A writ of habeas corpus orders a person detaining another...
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writ of habeas corpus
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military
writ of habeas corpus see habeas corpus.
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