habeas corpuses

• plural

  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of habeas corpus.
  habeas corpus

  noun

  a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

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habeas corpuses

Then came sheer erudition—the nature of chemical elements, stars in their courses, kings of England with their Magna Chartas and habeas corpuses.

From The Devil's Garden by W. B. Maxwell

Evil always going to jail despite habeas corpuses, writs, and duces tecums.

From Erik Dorn by Ben Hecht

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