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It wasn't a who, it was a what: he suspended habeas corpus.
The right of "habeas corpus".
suspend the writ of habeas corpus
Lincoln suspended habus corpus. Davis didn't have the constitutional right.
Abraham Lincoln
habeaus corpus
Definition_____A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.......Criticism also greeted president Lincoln's decision to suspend writs of habeas corpus.
So that he could keep some of its pro-Southern leaders in jail, and prevent the state from voting Confederate.
Definition_____A legal order for an inquiry to determine whether a person has been lawfully imprisoned.......Criticism also greeted president Lincoln's decision to suspend writs of habeas corpus.
It means that people could be imprisoned indefinately without trial.-Will Busby
Habeas Corpus. In Maryland, he jailed some pro-Southern politicians, in order to keep this border-state onside.
Can I a parent file a habeas corpus on the behalf of my son who is a inmate