PropertyValue
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  • Codex:H
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  • A writ requiring a person to be brought before a court commonly for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment. [1] This was one of the statutes suspended by Lord Cutler Beckett during his attempt to eradicate piracy.
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  • A writ requiring a person to be brought before a court commonly for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment. [1] This was one of the statutes suspended by Lord Cutler Beckett during his attempt to eradicate piracy.