Habeas Corpus Act

Habeas Corpus Act
An English statute (31 Car. II) passed to remedy a condition of indifference or disregard of the rights of the people which had through royal influence and other causes reached the point where the common law writ became so little respected that it no longer afforded real or substantial benefits to English subjects. The act had the desired effect, although it introduced no new principle, conferred no right upon the subject and made no change in the practice of the courts in granting the writ, but it did correct certain imperfections of the common law writ and tended to make the prisoner's remedy a speedy one. 25 Am J1st Hab C § 6.

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