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    The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of Parliament in England (31 Cha. 2. c. 2) during the reign of King Charles II. It was passed by what became known...
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  • of emergency, for example with the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1794 in Britain and the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act (1863) in the United States. The right...
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  • Habeas Corpus Act may refer to several Acts of Parliament and Acts of Congress relating to Habeas Corpus: Habeas Corpus Act 1640 (16 Cha I. c. 10) of...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act, 12 Stat. 755 (1863), entitled An Act relating to Habeas Corpus, and regulating Judicial Proceedings in Certain Cases...
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  • Federal habeas review did not extend to those in state custody until almost a century after the nation's founding until the Habeas Corpus Act of 1867...
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  • The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 (sess. ii, chap. 28, 14 Stat. 385) is an act of Congress that significantly expanded the jurisdiction of federal courts to...
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    The Habeas Corpus Act 1640 (16 Cha. 1. c. 10) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The Act was passed by the Long Parliament shortly after the impeachment...
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  • In United States law, habeas corpus is a recourse challenging the reasons or conditions of a person's detention under color of law. The Guantanamo Bay...
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    The Habeas Corpus Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict. c. 20) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that limited the right of the English courts to issue...
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  • Player "Habeas Corpus", an episode of the television series Ultraviolet "Habeas Corpses", a 2003 episode of the television series Angel Habeas Corpus (play)...
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    The Habeas Corpus Act 1816 (56 Geo. 3. c. 100) or Serjeant Onslow's Act was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that modified the law on habeas...
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  • Habeas corpus (/ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/; Latin for "you [shall] have the body") is a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from...
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  • Habeas Corpus Suspension Act may refer to several acts of Parliament or acts of Congress relating to habeas corpus: Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts of 1688...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1776 (17 Geo. 3. c. 9), also known as the Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1777 or the Treason Act 1777, was an Act of the...
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    of the King's reign. It is named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May 1679. The Habeas Corpus Parliament sat for two sessions. The first...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1817 (57 Geo. 3. c. 3) was an Act passed by the British Parliament. The Home Secretary, Lord Sidmouth, introduced the...
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  • The Habeas Corpus Bill of 1758 was a failed bill that would have extended habeas corpus if passed. The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 confirmed the common law...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 15) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. The Act renewed the suspension...
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  • constitutional understanding of habeas corpus as a protected guarantee of fundamental liberty, in the Habeas Corpus Act 1679. In 1626, Charles I had recalled...
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    Petition of Right, the Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and the Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949. A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act 1689, applies in...
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  • and Supreme Court seats Judiciary Act of 1867, also called the Habeas Corpus Act of 1867, amended sec. 25 of the Act of 1789 regarding Supreme Court review...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1794 (34 Geo. 3. c. 54) was an Act passed by the British Parliament. The Act's long title was An act to empower his Majesty...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts of 1688 were three Acts of the Parliament of England (1 Will. & Mar. cc. 2, 7 & 19) which temporarily suspended the...
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    1679 English general election resulted in the Habeas Corpus Parliament, named after the Habeas Corpus Act, which it enacted in May, 1679 to define and...
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    Alejandra S. Alvarez (2019). "Habeas Mentem: Revisiting Sufficiency-of-Counsel Standards in Post-AEDPA Habeas Corpus Proceedings". Florida Law Review...
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    Flickinger v Crown Colony of Hong Kong (category Habeas corpus)
    cup runneth over". Section 16 of the Habeas Corpus Act 2001 now provides for rights of appeal in habeas corpus applications. Thus as the Court of Appeal...
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    The Habeas Corpus Suspension Act 1798 (38 Geo. 3. c. 36) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of Great Britain. On 28 February 1798 five...
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  • Habeas Corpus is a stage comedy in two acts by the English author Alan Bennett. It was first performed at the Lyric Theatre in London on 10 May 1973,...
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  • passed the Act to solve a problem with habeas corpus petitions. The Habeas Corpus Act of 1867 instructed prisoners to file a writ of habeas corpus with the...
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    constitutional right to habeas corpus. McCarthy also wrote that the Detainee Treatment Act of 2005, while not allowing a standard habeas corpus review, provides...
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