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Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum
Habeas corpus ad subjiciendum (that you have the body to answer). This, the most celebrated prerogative writ in the English law, is a remedy for a person deprived of his liberty. It is addressed to
habeas corpus
habeas corpus [Medieval Latin, literally, you should have the body (the opening words of the writ)] : any of several writs originating at common law that are issued to bring a party before the
Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name from
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mandamus
mandamus [Latin, we enjoin, from mandare to enjoin] : an extraordinary writ issued by a court of competent jurisdiction to an inferior tribunal, a public official, an administrative agency, a
Injunction
for it; thus injunctions have been granted to restrain the following acts: the publication of letters, for the writer of a letter has a joint property in it with the person to whom it is addressed, the
Peremptory mandamus
Peremptory mandamus, a second mandamus, which issues where the return which has been made to the first writ is found either insufficient in law or false in fact. To this writ no other return will be
Habeas Corpus Act
Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), providing remedy for violation of personal liberty by the writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, which see below.
Habeas corpus testificandum
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
Breve
breviter enarrat. 2 Inst. 39.--(A writ is so-called because it briefly states ,in few words, the matter in dispute, and the object of the party seeking relief.)
Procedendo
Procedendo, a writ which issued out of the Common Law jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, when judges of any subordinate
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