HABEAS CORPUS RIGHTS Under the concept of habeas corpus as developed in Anglo-American jurisprudence, persons who are deprived of their liberty have the right to challenge through judicial inquiry the legality of their arrest or detention. The right to challenge oneâs arrest or detention is now incorporated in international human rights standards.
perÂ·vaÂ·sive. adj. Having the quality or tendency to pervade or permeate: the pervasive odor of garlic. [From Latin. , past participle of. , to pervade; see pervade .]. perÂ·vaâ²siveÂ·ly adv. perÂ·vaâ²siveÂ·ness n.
3 (intensifier) used in metaphors to emphasize the applicability of the image to the situation described. he was a very lion in the fight. 4 Archaic. a real or true; genuine. the very living God. b lawful. the very vengeance of the gods. (C13: from Old French verai true, from Latin verax true, from verus true)