Definition of Habeas Corpus

a legal order demanding that a prisoner be brought before a judge to make sure that he or she is not being held illegally

Examples of Habeas Corpus in a sentence

The Cuban prison was beyond the reach of habeas corpus so the prisoners there will continue to be held illegally.  🔊

Habeas corpus rights meant that the court had to tell the attorney why they were holding the prisoner in jail.  🔊

Suspension of habeas corpus allowed the government to hold the terrorists captive with no recourse.  🔊

Out of the 40 habeas corpus cases, all but two of the prisoners were released after their illegal holding hearing.  🔊

Habeas corpus is the right to have one’s detention reviewed by a judge.  🔊

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