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habeas corpus

n.人身保护权

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habeas corpus


/,heɪbɪəs 'kɔ:pəs; `hebɪəs `kɔrpəs/
(also writ of habeas corpus) (law 律) order requiring a person to be brought before a judge or into court, esp to investigate the right of the authorities to keep him in prison 人身保护状(要求将某人移送法院处理的令状, 尤指为调查有关当局将其拘禁是否合法).

habeas corpus


n[U]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin;Origin:'you should have the body' (the first words on the document which demands that the person should be allowed to come to court)]
law a law which says that a person can only be kept in prison following a court's decision