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Not who you're looking for? Others named habeas corpus: 1928 film by Leo McCarey, James Parrott · play written by Alan Bennett · album by Living Things
Habeas corpus is a legal procedure invoking the jurisdiction of a court to review the unlawful detention or imprisonment of an individual, and request the individual's custodian to bring the prisoner to court, to determine whether their detention is lawful. The right to petition for a writ of habeas corpus has long been celebrated as a fundamental safeguard of individual liberty.