Habeas Corpus

Webster's Practical Dictionary- A Practical Dictionary of the Englih Language · 1884 · p. 182

ha/be-as-k6r',pus. (Law.) A writ bring a party before a court or judge; esp., one inquire into the cause of a person's imprisonment or detention by another, to protect the right to Haberdasher, sonal liberty. haVer-dash'er, *[L., you may haveti|i|Apdy.] n. oKWler of small wares, such as tapes, pins, needle^tttread, etc.