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Habeas corpus testificandum (that you have the body to testify), a writ to bring a witness into Court, when he is in custody at the time of a trial. A Secretary of State or a judge of the High Court or of a county Court has power, on a proper application being made to him, to issue a warrant or order to bring up as a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding any prisoner in custody on a criminal charge; see (English) Criminal Procedure Act, 1853 (16 & 17 Vict. C. 30), s. 9; (English) County Courts Act, 1888, s. 112 (see, now, 1934 Act, s. 83); Graham v. Glover, (1855) 5 E. & B. 591; (English) Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 228-230; Prisons Act, 1898, s. 11.