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Bail
party is in custody, must in the first instance be by summons at chambers for a writ of habeas corpus or to show cause why the defendant should not be admitted to bail either before a judge at
Arrest
statues for securing the liberty of the subject against unlawful arrests and suits are Magna Charta and the Habeas Corpus Act (31 Car. 2, c. 2), which is amended and enforced by 56 Geo. 3, c. 100. A
writ
writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial authority. alias writ : a
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Great Writ
Great Writ : habeas corpus ad subjiciendum at habeas corpus used with the
Writ
Dictionary, p. 1698. It is a remedy for the enforcement of fundamental rights and other purposes viz. (i) habeas corpus; (ii) mandamus; (iii) prohibition; (iv) quo warranto and (iv) certiorari. [Constitution of India, Arts. 32 and 226]
Habeas corpora juratorum
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discharge
[a party seeking a total ] 3 : release from confinement [ordering a conditional of the alien on habeas corpus "Harvard Law Review"] 4 : the act of removing an obligation or liability (as by payment of a
King's Bench
do what their duty required in every case where there was no other specific remedy. By writ of habeas corpus it protected the liberty of the subject by speedy and summary interposition. It took cognizance both of criminal
Prerogative of mercy
offences against a popular or penal statute, after information brought: 3 Inst. 238. By the passing of the Habeas Corpus Act, 1679 (31 Car. 2, c. 2), Chit. Stat. tit. 'Habeas Corpus,' the offence of sending a subject
Wilful disobedience
upon the facts and circumstances of the case. The appropriate mode of enforcing obedience to a writ of habeas corpus is by committal for contempt. A committal order may be made against a person who intentionally makes a
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