Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus meaning

The term "Habeas Corpus" originates from Latin and literally translates to "to have the body of." The Habeas Corpus meaning is that It is an order that has been given by the court to a person who has detained another person, requiring that person to deliver the body of the other person before the court. After then, the court investigates the reason for the detention as well as whether or not it was legitimate. This may seem like an odd term to use now, but in mediaeval times, it was the word that was used while bringing a prisoner into court. In following years, it was used in the struggle against the arbitrary imprisonment of suspects by law enforcement. The habeas corpus constraints that were established on the arbitrary incarceration and punishment of individuals are still an essential restraint on the authority of the government today. These habeas corpus restrictions may be traced back a very long way into history, even to the Magna Carta (1215).

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