Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 12: Difference between revisions

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A writ of habeas corpus is a court order that directs a person who has detained another to produce the detainee so the court can determine the legality of the detention.
A writ of habeas corpus is a court order that directs a person who has detained another to produce the detainee so the court can determine the legality of the detention.
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* ''Ex parte Coupland'', 26 Tex. 386, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/026_Tex_386.pdf#page=3 388-89] (1862) ("The relator (Coupland) applied to the Chief Justice on the 16th of July, 1862, in vacation, for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was illegally restrained of his liberty by R. T. P. Allen, in Travis county, as he believed, 'without any order or process whatever, or any color of either.' The writ issued, and Allen made return that the relator was placed originally in his custody by order of R. J. Townes, provost marshal of Travis county; but that before the service of the writ upon him, the relator had been enrolled as a soldier . . . .")
* ''Ex parte Coupland'', 26 Tex. 386, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/026_Tex_386.pdf#page=3 388-89] (1862) ("The relator (Coupland) applied to the Chief Justice on the 16th of July, 1862, in vacation, for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was illegally restrained of his liberty by R. T. P. Allen, in Travis county, as he believed, 'without any order or process whatever, or any color of either.' The writ issued, and Allen made return that the relator was placed originally in his custody by order of R. J. Townes, provost marshal of Travis county; but that before the service of the writ upon him, the relator had been enrolled as a soldier . . . .")


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|seo_title=Article I, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution ("Habeas Corpus")
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|seo_description=The writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right, and shall never be suspended.
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