All habeas corpus synonyms

noun habeas corpus

• case — A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something.
• litigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
• tribunal — a court of justice.
• suit — a set of clothing, armor, or the like, intended for wear together.
• prosecution — Law. the institution and carrying on of legal proceedings against a person. the body of officials by whom such proceedings are instituted and carried on.
• hearing — the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.
• contest — A contest is a competition or game in which people try to win.
• arraignment — Arraignment is when someone is brought before a court of law to answer a particular charge.
• action — Action is doing something for a particular purpose.
• indictment — an act of indicting.
• lawsuit — a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
• impeachment — the impeaching of a public official before an appropriate tribunal.
• summons — an authoritative command, message, or signal by which one is summoned.
• claim — If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
• citation — A citation is an official document or speech which praises a person for something brave or special that they have done.
• seizure — the act or an instance of seizing.
• rap — to carry off; transport.
• counterclaim — a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
• cross-examination — to examine by questions intended to check a previous examination; examine closely or minutely.
• decree — A decree is an official order or decision, especially one made by the ruler of a country.
• process — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
• prescript — prescribed.
• paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
• command — If someone in authority commands you to do something, they tell you that you must do it.
• subpoena — the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court or other deliberative body.
• mandate — a command or authorization to act in a particular way on a public issue given by the electorate to its representative: The president had a clear mandate to end the war.
• document — a written or printed paper furnishing information or evidence, as a passport, deed, bill of sale, or bill of lading; a legal or official paper.
• warrant — authorization, sanction, or justification.
• court martial — A court martial is a trial in a military court of a member of the armed forces who is charged with breaking a military law.
• replevin — an action for the recovery of goods or chattels wrongfully taken or detained.