Habeas corpus

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·- A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge; especially, one to inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, with the view to protect the right to personal liberty; also, one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial.

Related Words

corpus
corpus, ŏris, n. [cf. Sanscr. kar-, to make; Lat. creo], any object composed of materials perceptibl...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
corpus
corpus oris, n 1 CER-, a body (living or lifeless): solidum et suci plenum, T.: requies animi et c...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Corpus
·noun A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
wooden habeas
A coffin. A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas. He went out with a wooden...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Corpus Christi, Fraternity of
In the Chapel of St. Mary de Coneyhope (q.v.). ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Corpus Christi Chapel in the Poultry
See St. Mary de Coneyhope, Chapel of. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Corpus Christi Chapel, St. Lawrence Pountney
A chapel in the College of St. Laurence Pountney (S. 224). Earliest mention: Master, Warden, and Ch...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.