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| - At the request of President Bush, Congress repealed Habeas Corpus for "enemy combatants" in spite of the pleas of numerous Members of Parliament in the UK. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- Habeas Corpus is the name of a pre-post 9-11 legal instrument or writ, by means of which detainees can seek release from unlawful imprisonment. In a post 9-11 world, of course, Habeas Corpus is obsolete due to the "While Awaiting Trial" condition. It is Latin for "Let The Body Be Naked Covered In a Hood With Electrodes On Genitals, While Awaiting A Trial That Will Never Come". Sleep lightly, Helen Thomas and Frank Rich; Habeas Corpus hurts the troops.
- Habeas corpus (literally, "that you have the body [the subject person under detention]") is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention.
- other uses Habeas corpus (IPA: /ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔɹpəs/) (Latin: [We command] that you have the body) is the name of a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of himself or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action.
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| - At the request of President Bush, Congress repealed Habeas Corpus for "enemy combatants" in spite of the pleas of numerous Members of Parliament in the UK. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- other uses Habeas corpus (IPA: /ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔɹpəs/) (Latin: [We command] that you have the body) is the name of a legal action, or writ, through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention of himself or another person. The writ of habeas corpus has historically been an important instrument for the safeguarding of individual freedom against arbitrary state action. Also known as "The Great Writ," a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum is a summons with the force of a court order addressed to the custodian (such as a prison official) demanding that a prisoner be brought before the court, together with proof of authority, allowing the court to determine whether that custodian has lawful authority to hold that person, or, if not, the person should be released from custody. The prisoner, or another person on his behalf (for example, where the prisoner is being held incommunicado), may petition the court or an individual judge for a writ of habeas corpus. The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus has long been celebrated as the most efficient safeguard of the liberty of the subject. Albert Venn Dicey wrote that the Habeas Corpus Acts "declare no principle and define no rights, but they are for practical purposes worth a hundred constitutional articles guaranteeing individual liberty." In most countries, however, the procedure of habeas corpus can be suspended in time of national emergency. In most civil law jurisdictions, comparable provisions exist, but they may not be called "habeas corpus." The reach of habeas corpus is currently being tested in the United States. Oral arguments on a consolidated Guantanamo Bay detention camp detainee habeas corpus petition, Al Odah v. United States were heard by the Supreme Court of the United States on December 5, 2007, and recently by HR 1955 The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007. The writ of habeas corpus is one of what are called the "extraordinary," "common law," or "prerogative writs," which were historically issued by the courts in the name of the monarch to control inferior courts and public authorities within the kingdom. The most common of the other such prerogative writs are quo warranto, prohibito, mandamus, procedendo, and certiorari. When the original 13 American Colonies declared independence and became a constitutional republic in which the people are the sovereign, any person, in the name of the people, acquired authority to initiate such writs. The due process for such petitions is not simply civil or criminal, because they incorporate the presumption of nonauthority. The official who is the respondent has the burden to prove his authority to do or not do something. Failing this, the court must decide for the petitioner, who may be any person, not just an interested party. This differs from a motion in a civil process in which the movant must have standing, and bears the burden of proof.
- Habeas Corpus is the name of a pre-post 9-11 legal instrument or writ, by means of which detainees can seek release from unlawful imprisonment. In a post 9-11 world, of course, Habeas Corpus is obsolete due to the "While Awaiting Trial" condition. It is Latin for "Let The Body Be Naked Covered In a Hood With Electrodes On Genitals, While Awaiting A Trial That Will Never Come". Sleep lightly, Helen Thomas and Frank Rich; Habeas Corpus hurts the troops.
- Habeas corpus (literally, "that you have the body [the subject person under detention]") is a writ, or legal action, through which a prisoner can be released from unlawful detention.
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