writ of habeas corpus

1. 1.

   a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge

   Synonymshabeas corpus

   Broaderwrit

   law

Questions about writ of habeas corpus

What does writ of habeas corpus mean?

writ of habeas corpus means "a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge".

What is another word for writ of habeas corpus?

Close synonyms include habeas corpus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is writ of habeas corpus a common word?

writ of habeas corpus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.