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  • as intrial
  • as inwrit

synonyms for habeas corpus

  • action
  • arraignment
  • case
  • contest
  • hearing
  • impeachment
  • indictment
  • lawsuit
  • litigation
  • prosecution
  • suit
  • tribunal
  • citation
  • claim
  • counterclaim
  • cross-examination
  • rap
  • seizure
  • court action
  • court martial
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On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to habeas corpus, such as: action, arraignment, case, contest, hearing, and impeachment.
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How to use habeas corpus in a sentence

English act of habeas corpus passed; the act suspending it was repealed, probably forever, 1818.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
One of the most familiar actions is habeas corpus, which is employed to recover a person's liberty from illegal restraint.
PUTNAM'S HANDY LAW BOOK FOR THE LAYMANALBERT SIDNEY BOLLES
First of all, he brought an action—a writ of habeas corpus, I think—to recover his daughter, as an English subject.
MARRIAGE LA MODEMRS. HUMPHRY WARD
On the presentation of the first report of the committee the government brought in a bill to suspend the habeas corpus act.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNT
It robs men of the jury trial, it robs them of habeas corpus, and forty other things.
THE DUTY OF DISOBEDIENCE TO THE FUGITIVE SLAVE ACTLYDIA MARIA CHILD
No, the Habeas Corpus Act is suspended, and you must just make yourself as comfortable as you can under the circumstances.
THE MYSTERIES OF MONTREALCHARLOTTE FUHRER
Let a habeas corpus issue in this case according to the prayer of the petitioner, returnable forthwith.
THE OLD PIKETHOMAS B. SEARIGHT
A popular insurrection in Tipperary, Ireland, was made the pretext for once more suspending the habeas corpus act in Ireland.
A HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY, YEAR BY YEAREDWIN EMERSON
And this order may be so made as to deprive the victim of the privilege of the habeas corpus.
NULLIFICATION, SECESSION WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT AND THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONSCALEB WILLIAM LORING
Even in the war of secession, the judiciary declared the Presidents disregard of the habeas corpus in Milligans case illegal.
NULLIFICATION, SECESSION WEBSTER'S ARGUMENT AND THE KENTUCKY AND VIRGINIA RESOLUTIONSCALEB WILLIAM LORING
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WORDS RELATED TO HABEAS CORPUS

  • action
  • arraignment
  • case
  • citation
  • claim
  • contest
  • counterclaim
  • court action
  • court martial
  • cross-examination
  • habeas corpus
  • hearing
  • impeachment
  • indictment
  • lawsuit
  • litigation
  • prosecution
  • rap
  • seizure
  • suit
  • tribunal
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.