habeas corpora

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habeas corpora - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  HABEAS CORPORA, English practice. A writ issued out of the C. P. commending 
  the sheriff to compel the appearance of a jury in the cause between the 
  parties. It answers the same purpose in that court as the Distringas 
  juratores answers in the K. B. For a form, see Bootes Suit at Law, 151.