A writ that protects one’s constitutional right against unlawful and indefinite imprisonment by the state without first establishing specific charges and evidence of the crime
Habeas Corpus is a writ or petition made to a higher court that guards against arbitrary confinement by the state without producing a charge or evidence of a crime.
In Latin, Habeas Corpus literally means “produce the body,” which in legal terms means to produce the proof of the crime for which I have been charged and imprisoned.
