habeas corpus
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (“You (shall) have the body to be subjected to (examination)”), referring to the body of the detainee (not the body of a victim, similar to corpus delicti).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithabeas corpus (plural habeas corpora or habeas corpuses)
- (law) A writ ordering that a person be brought before a court or a judge, most frequently used to ensure that a person's imprisonment, detention, or commitment is legal.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editwrit of habeas corpus
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Verb
edithabeas corpus (third-person singular simple present habeas corpuses, present participle habeas corpusing, simple past and past participle habeas corpused)
- (informal, law) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.
- 1873 August 12, “The Fate of Judges and All Others Who Work Against Zion”, in The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star[1]:
- Hawley […] particularly desired, judging by his actions, to put polygamists out of existence, at the same time very mercifully habeas corpused all the prostitutes and their supporters[.]
- 1918, Frazier Hunt, “Pegging Away”, in Blown by the Draft[2]:
- He saw that according to the fable typed on its lily white face one, John Grimaldi of Brooklyn, was summoned, advised, entreated, requested, ordered, corpus delictied, habeas corpused and generally invited to appear in said court[.]
Related terms
editReferences
edit- “habeas corpus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “habeas corpus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- “habeas corpus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “habeas corpus” (US) / “habeas corpus” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (“You (shall) have the body to be subjected to (examination)”), see above for more details.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /aˌbeas ˈkoɾpus/ [aˌβ̞e.as ˈkoɾ.pus]
- IPA(key): /ˌabeas ˈkoɾpus/ [ˌa.β̞e.as ˈkoɾ.pus]
- Syllabification: ha‧be‧as cor‧pus
Noun
edithabeas corpus m (plural habeas corpus)
Further reading
edit- “habeas corpus”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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