What does Habeus Corpus mean?

Question

What does Habeus Corpus mean?

Answer 1

One of the few old principles still in use today - a writ of habeas corpus requires the holder/keeper of the person, usually in the UK a prison governor, to produce "the body" for the court to decide whether the detention is lawful.  

Answer 2

Being held in prison unlawfully (Has to do with the constitution and due process of law).

Answer 3

did you mean Habeas Corpus?

a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, esp. for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

Answer 4

you (should) have the body, any one arrested must be brought to court for a formal charge, if the charge is considered valid then the prisoner may be detained indefinetly until a verdict is reached

Answer 5

Lat. "you have the body" Prisoners often seek release by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. A writ of habeas corpus is a judicial mandate to a prison official ordering that an inmate be brought to the court so it can be determined whether or not that person is imprisoned lawfully and whether or not he should be released from custody. A habeas corpus petition is a petition filed with a court by a person who objects to his own or another's detention or imprisonment. The petition must show that the court ordering the detention or imprisonment made a legal or factual error. Habeas corpus petitions are usually filed by persons serving prison sentences. In family law, a parent who has been denied custody of his child by a trial court may file a habeas corpus petition. Also, a party may file a habeas corpus petition if a judge declares her in contempt of court and jails or threatens to jail her.