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Meaning of habeas corpus



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Felipe Lorenzo del Río

habeas corpus
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They are the first words of the English document of Charter Magna (Magna carte Libertatum ) punished in London June 15, 1215 by King Juan I, John landless, which establishes the need to justify the arrest of a subject. These isolated Latin words mean " 34 body; you have, but for a lawyer make much sense because they mean the claim of a right, the right which assists all detained by the police to be brought before a judge to determine the legitimacy or otherwise of his arrest, when the detainee considers his arrest unlawful or illegitimate.

  



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Francisco Valdez Mendoza

Beginning of the Anglo-Saxon text of the order of appearance of all detained or imprisoned, citizen to present immediate and public before a judge or a court to be heard and will rule if his arrest is legal or inconvenient.

  










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