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HABEAS CORPUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("habeas corpus" is a kind of...):
civil right (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
Synonyms:
habeas corpus; writ of habeas corpus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("habeas corpus" is a kind of...):
judicial writ; writ ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
