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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Habeas Corpus"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Writ of Habeas Corpus"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876: | ||
'''The writ of Habeas Corpus is a writ of right, and shall never be suspended. The Legislature shall enact laws to render the remedy speedy and effectual.''' | '''The writ of Habeas Corpus is a writ of right, and shall never be suspended. The Legislature shall enact laws to render the remedy speedy and effectual.''' | ||
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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 [] 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 of the Confederate States . . . .") | * ''Ex parte Coupland'', 26 Tex. 386, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/026_Tex_386.pdf#page=3 388-89] (1862) ("The relator [] 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 of the Confederate States . . . .") | ||
|seo_title=Article I, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution ("Habeas Corpus") | |seo_title=Article I, Section 12 of the Texas Constitution ("Writ of Habeas Corpus") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 12, Texas Bill of Rights, writ of habeas corpus | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 12, Texas Bill of Rights, writ of habeas corpus | ||
|seo_description=This section declares that "[t]he writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right, and shall never be suspended." | |seo_description=This section declares that "[t]he writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right, and shall never be suspended." | ||