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Federal Habeas Corpus For State Prisoners In Nevada
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Habeas Corpus is a Latin word meaning which literally means 'to have the body of'. It is an order issued by the court to a person who has detained another person, to produce the body of the latter before it. The court then examines the cause and legality of detention.
A legal action demanding that a prisoner be brought before a judge to make sure that he or she is not being held illegally. (Definition of habeas corpus from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Noun. a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge. synonyms: writ of habeas corpus. judicial writ, writ. (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer.
The difference between these two writs is that habeas corpus is designed to enforce the right to freedom of the person, whereas amparo is designed to protect those other fundamental human rights enshrined in the Constitution but not covered by the writ of habeas corpus.”
Examples of 'writ of habeas corpus' in a sentence A number of people arrested and detained throughout the country sought writs of habeas corpus before the courts. He wanted them released through writs of habeas corpus, a right hitherto granted only to human prisoners.
Habeas Corpus: Pertains to personal liberty in cases of illegal detention and wrongful arrest. Mandamus: Directs public officials, governments, and courts to perform their statutory duties.
Any other pretrial petition for writ of habeas corpus, including those alleging a delay in any of the proceedings before the magistrate or a denial of the petitioner's right to a speedy trial in justice court or municipal court, shall contain a notice of hearing setting the matter for hearing not less than 1 day from ...
The writ of habeas corpus has been suspended four times since the Constitution was ratified: throughout the entire country during the Civil War; in eleven South Carolina counties overrun by the Ku Klux during Reconstruction; in two provinces of the Philippines during a 1905 insurrection; and in Hawaii after the ...