1. 人身保护令（据此令当事人可请求先由法庭裁决其受拘禁是否合法）
    Habeas corpus is a law that states that a person cannot be kept in prison unless they have first been brought before a court of law, which decides whether it is legal for them to be kept in prison.

noun

1. the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment

2. a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge

    Synonym: writ of habeas corpus