Â» more... 1  One beautiful day followed another and she gradually wandered farther from the house exploring the ranch-sometimes on horseback, sometimes on foot. 2  I'll ride over on horseback to enable a quick escape if needed, she insisted.
1 Habeas corpus ad prosequendum: a writ ordering return with a prisoner for the purpose of prosecuting him before the court.  Habeas corpus ad respondendum: a writ ordering return to allow the prisoner to answer to new proceedings before the court.
The procedure for the issuing of writs of habeas corpus was first codified by the Habeas Corpus Act 1679, following judicial rulings which had restricted the effectiveness of the writ. A previous act had been passed in 1640 to overturn a ruling that the command of the Queen was a sufficient answer to a petition of habeas corpus.