habeas corpus petition

collocation in English

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corpus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɔː.pəs/us
/ˈkɔːr.pəs/
a collection of written or spoken material stored on a computer and used to find out how language ...
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petition
noun[C]
uk
/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/us
/pəˈtɪʃ.ən/
a document signed by a large number of people demanding or asking for some action from the government or ...
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Musladin then filed a habeascorpuspetitionin federal court, which the court denied.
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North filed a habeascorpuspetitionin the district court, challenging the statutory scheme under which he had been convicted.
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The defendant was convicted of one of the charges and after losing an appeal in state court, filed a habeascorpuspetitionin federal court.
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As court-appointed counsel for a death-row inmate, he presented the issue of whether a federal court may stay a section 2254 habeascorpuspetitionwhich included exhausted and unexhausted claims.
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Habeas corpus petitions are generally filed as "pro se" cases, and the government (state or federal) is usually ordered by the court to respond.
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Specifically it re-initiated the captives' habeas corpus petitions.
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Specifically, they were entitled to submit habeas corpus petitions.
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Slahi had habeas corpus petitions submitted on his behalf.
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It was developed as an alternative to detainees' taking habeas corpus petitions through the federal court system.
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The state militia had detained hundreds of striking workers and union leaders for many weeks in bullpens, and had disregarded hundreds of habeas corpus petitions.
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The government argued that the issue is not the court's business and that courts could consider individual habeas corpus petitions from prisoners who have been detained.
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