WordNet
n. a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge [syn: habeas corpus]
Usage examples of "writ of habeas corpus".
They will get a writ of habeas corpus, and a stay of proceedings, and a supersedeas, and a new trial and a nolle prosequi, and there you are!
They fall under military rather than civil jurisdiction, both on account of their rebellion and because Nash County, North Carolina, where they were captured, had had the right to the writ of habeas corpus revoked and fell under the administration of General Forrest.
I have decided that we have a rebellion, and I have suspended, in certain particular cases, the writ of habeas corpus.
His last emissary, Cohen, at once procured an assistant by the name of Brookman and with him proceeded to Wharton County, Texas, where they secured a new writ of habeas corpus and induced the local sheriff, one Rich, to swear in a posse comitatus of one hundred men for the purpose of coming to Houston to take the prisoner by force of arms out of the hands of the United States Marshal.
Gillian immediately appealed to the nearest magistrate for a writ of habeas corpus.
Gangleader Abe Bernstein was actually handcuffed leaving the Court Building on his writ of habeas corpus.
Secure, where possible, a writ of habeas corpus and a stay of proceedings from some federal judge on the ground that his client is confined without due process of law.