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habeas corpus

Law a writ ordering a person to be brought before a court or judge, esp so that the court may ascertain whether his detention is lawful
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(37) The Court explained that while the Constitution authorizes Congress to suspend the writ of habeas corpus, the suspension power is a limited one.
That's what we should do, for the benefit of everyone, we should not threaten the public just because we are angry.) Duterte threatened to declare the suspension of writ of habeas corpus, citing that he has enough problems with criminality, drugs, and rebellion.
President Duterte recently announced that he would declare the suspension of writ of habeas corpus when 'pushed to his limits.'
In February last year, the SC declared constitutional President Duterte's extension of martial law and the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus in Mindanao until Dec.
Notwithstanding the state's broad powers to detain non-citizens under immigration legislation, courts have, until recently, held that the right of all detainees to seek release by way of habeas corpus, enshrined in section 10(c) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, (4) was inapplicable to immigration detainees.
"Habeas Corpus'' has many of the makings of a standard farce -- mistaken identity, love triangles and foiled attempts at deception.
ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry has taken notice of the incident of keeping Haji Abdul Hamid and his son and other associates in habeas corpus by police and later killings of his son and associates
Anthony Gregory: The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the 'King's Prerogative to the War on Terror.
Habeas Corpus in America: The Politics of Individual Rights.
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