habeas corpus
Unlawful imprisonment remedy
Habeas corpus is a legal principle requiring authorities to bring a detained person before a court to justify their imprisonment.
The Latin means "you shall have the body"—the body being produced for judicial review.
A writ of habeas corpus is the formal order demanding this.
The right protects against indefinite detention without charge, though governments sometimes suspend it during emergencies.
Confined criminal detainee
- detaineePerson held in custody
- custodyProtective care or control
- confinementState of being restricted
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
jail · arrest · detention · cell · inmate · remand · captivity · imprisonment
To let go
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
discharge · wrongful conviction · innocence · vindication · relief · liberation
Formal written appeal
- appealFormal review request
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
- summonsFormal court notification
- mandamusWrit ordering statutory duty
injunction · certiorari · affidavit · complaint · pleading · brief · motion · filing
Absence of unjust constraint
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- protectionGuarding against harm
safeguard · human rights · fundamental rights · constitutional rights · legal protection · Fourteenth Amendment · Fifth Amendment · individual rights
Judicial examination of claims
- judgeOne who decides
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- judiciaryLaw-interpreting government branch
- tribunalJudicial decision-making body
magistrate · courtroom · bench · docket · judgment · ruling · proceeding · petitioner
prisoner
Confined criminal detainee
- detaineePerson held in custody
- custodyProtective care or control
- confinementState of being restricted
incarceration · jail · arrest · detention · cell · inmate · remand · captivity · imprisonment · holding
release
To let go
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- emancipationRelease from legal bondage
- exonerationOfficial clearing of blame
acquittal · discharge · wrongful conviction · innocence · vindication · relief · liberation
petition
Formal written appeal
mandamus · injunction · certiorari · affidavit · complaint · pleading · brief · motion · filing · relief
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- constitutionInherent physical or structural makeup
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
protection · safeguard · human rights · fundamental rights · constitutional rights · legal protection · Fourteenth Amendment · Fifth Amendment · individual rights · prisoner rights
trial
Judicial examination of claims
tribunal · magistrate · courtroom · bench · docket · judgment · ruling · proceeding · petitioner · respondent
- Latin Wordsad, ad nauseam, et, caveat emptor, affidavit
- Legal Latinab initio, bona fide, caveat emptor, certiorari, de facto
- Latin phrasesE pluribus unum, carpe diem, caveat emptor, veni vidi vici, ad astra
- legal conventionsdue process, precedent, burden of proof, statute of limitations, plea bargain
- legal rightslegal rights, constitutional rights, fundamental rights, Miranda rights, Bill of Rights
- detention rightspretrial detention, pre-trial detention, remand, detention hearing, unlawful detention
habeas corpusindefinite detention
Imprisonment without set duration
arbitrary detention · detention without trial · unlawful imprisonment · extraordinary rendition · disappearance
habeas corpustyranny
Oppressive, absolute governance
despotism · martial law · police state · authoritarianism · dictatorship
habeas corpusrendition
Performed version of work
trial · sentencing · conviction · arrest warrant · indictment
corpse, corporation, incorporate, corporate, corporeal, corporal, incorporation, incorporated, corporations