Topic: LAW
| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | Latin |
| Origin: | 'you should have the body' (the first words on the document which demands that the person should be allowed to come to court) |
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ha‧be‧as cor‧pus
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[uncountable] lawSCL a law which says that a person can only be kept in prison following a court's decision
