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habeas corpus

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English

Etymology

From 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

Noun

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habeas corpus (plural habeas corpora or habeas corpuses)

  1. (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.
    Synonym: writ of habeas corpus
    • 2025 May 9, Kaitlan Collins, Samantha Waldenberg and Tierney Sneed, “Trump involved in discussions over suspending habeas corpus, sources say”, in CNN:
      While Trump has not explicitly mentioned habeas corpus in public, it’s what he was referencing last month when he commented on steps he could take to combat nationwide injunctions against his actions on deportations, according to one of the people familiar with the talks.

Derived terms

  • habeas corpus ad subjiciendum

Translations

Verb

habeas corpus (third-person singular simple present habeas corpuses, present participle habeas corpusing, simple past and past participle habeas corpused)

  1. (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:
      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:
      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[.]

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (You (shall) have the body to be subjected to (examination)), see above for more details.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˌbeas ˈkoɾpus/ [aˌβ̞e.as ˈkoɾ.pus]
  • IPA(key): /ˌabeas ˈkoɾpus/ [ˌa.β̞e.as ˈkoɾ.pus]
  • Rhymes: -oɾpus
  • Syllabification: ha‧be‧as cor‧pus

Noun

habeas corpus m (plural habeas corpus)

  1. habeas corpus

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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