Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun habeas_corpus

2 senses of habeas corpus

Sense 1
habeas corpus, writ of habeas corpus -- (a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge)
       => writ, judicial writ -- ((law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer)

Sense 2
habeas corpus -- (the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment)
       => civil right -- (right or rights belonging to a person by reason of citizenship including especially the fundamental freedoms and privileges guaranteed by the 13th and 14th amendments and subsequent acts of Congress including the right to legal and social and economic equality)