☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Habeas Corpus

Latin: 'you shall have the body.' The fundamental writ requiring that a detained person be brought before a court to determine the legality of their detention. It is the great remedy against unlawful imprisonment and the denial of a man's liberty.

Etymology: Latin: 'that you have the body' · Category: Common Law · Source: Magna Carta, 1215; Black's Law Dictionary
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