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.
Habeas corpus is a writ(order from judge) that compels a law enforcement authority holding a person in confinement to come forward and explain the basis of that confinement. Incarcerated individuals and their lawyers use this motion to challenge the constitutionality of the confinement.