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Habeas Corpus

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the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment

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Variants

synonym
writ of habeas corpus
plural
Habeas Corpuses
possessive
Habeas Corpus's
pluralpossessive
Habeas Corpuses'