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VerbarHabeas Corpus

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A writ having for its object to bring a party before a court or judge especially one to inquire into the cause of a persons imprisonment or detention by another with the view to protect the right to personal liberty also one to bring a prisoner into court to testify in a pending trial

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