A Court Order That Protects People from Arbitrary Imprisonment by Requiring

question 21

Multiple Choice

A court order that protects people from arbitrary imprisonment by requiring officials of the government to bring them before a court and state the reasons for detaining them is called a(n)

• A)ex post facto law.
• B)bill of attainder.
• C)writ of mandamus.
• D)writ of habeas corpus.
• E)writ of certiorari.

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