Usually means: Legal protection against unlawful detention.
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General (22 matching dictionaries)
  1. habeas corpus: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. habeas corpus: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. habeas corpus: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. habeas corpus: Collins English Dictionary
  5. habeas corpus: Vocabulary.com
  6. habeas-corpus, habeas corpus: Wordnik
  7. habeas corpus: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. habeas corpus: Wiktionary
  9. habeas corpus: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. habeas corpus: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. habeas corpus: Dictionary.com
  12. habeas corpus: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Habeas Corpus (album), Habeas Corpus (play), Habeas Corpus, Habeas corpus (disambiguation), Habeas corpus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Habeas corpus: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. habeas corpus: Rhymezone
  16. Habeas corpus: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. Habeas Corpus: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  18. habeas corpus: Free Dictionary
  19. habeas corpus: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. habeas corpus: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  2. habeas corpus: Law.com Dictionary
  3. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  4. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  6. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  7. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  8. habeas corpus: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. habeas corpus: Encyclopedia

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  1. habeas corpus: Medical dictionary

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  1. Political (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (habeas corpus)

noun:  (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.
verb:  (informal, law) To apply the legal principle of habeas corpus to an individual or situation.

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