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- habeas corpus
n : the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
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writ of habeas corpus : a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
corpus : the main part of an organ or other bodily structure
corpus : capital as contrasted with the income derived from it
corpus : a collection of writings; "he edited the Hemingway corpus"
Corpus Christi : a city in southern Texas on an arm of the Gulf of Mexico
corpus delicti : the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)
corpus luteum : yellow endocrine tissue that forms in a ruptured Graafian follicle following the release of an ovum
corpus striatum : a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
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