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The Magna Carta says a freeman will not be imprisoned without lawful judgment. The opinion of many is that habeas corpusoriginated with this. But it was not specifically a law until the Habeas Corpus Act of 1640. It has been modified since.

There is a link below to the section of an article on habeas corpus dealing with its origins.

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