In Latin, the term literally means “produce the body to do and receive.” It refers to a writ removing a civil case from a lower court, which has the defendant in custody, to a higher court for disposition of the case. Related entries Wood v. Milyard Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum Habeas Corpus Ad Satisfaciendum Habeas Corpus Ad Respondendum Habeas Corpus Ad Prosequendum Habeas Corpus Ad Deliberandum Et Recipiendum Habeas Corpus
