单词 | habeas corpus |
释义 | ha·be·as corpus (hābē-əs) n. 1. A writ that a person may seek from a court to obtain immediate release from an unlawful confinement, as when the confinement has occurred through a means that violated the person's constitutional rights. 2. The right of a person to obtain such a writ. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin habeās corpus, produce the body (from the opening words of the writ) : Latin habeās, second person sing. present subjunctive of habēre, to have + Latin corpus, body.] |
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