ha‧be‧as cor‧pus /ˌheɪbiəs ˈkɔːpəs $ -ˈkɔːr-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: Latin;
Origin: 'you should have the body' (the first words on the document which demands that the person should be allowed to come to court)]
law a law which says that a person can only be kept in prison following a court’s decision
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