All 17 Uses of
writ
in
Amistad
- Soon after beginning his practice, he had won a writ of habeas corpus and eventual freedom for a runaway slave.†
Chpt 2.7
- To that end, I petition the court for a writ of habeas corpus for the blacks taken from the Amistad when it was boarded by the crew and officers of the 'Washington.†
Chpt 2.7
- A writ of habeas corpus would only be an invitation for them to flee prosecution for their crimes of mutiny, murder, and thievery, prosecution for which should rightly take place back in Havana.†
Chpt 2.7
- I will rule, however, that this court will entertain petitions for a writ of habeas corpus.†
Chpt 2.7
- Holabird closed by saying that issuing a writ of habeas corpus was ill-advised because it would pave a road for escape, a road that would most certainly lead these slaves away from proper justice under the laws of their homeland, Cuba.†
Chpt 2.7
- Granting a writ of habeas corpus would be denying rightful justice, as well as opening the door for mass escape, a course the slaves certainly would pursue in light of their previous actions of murder and mutiny.†
Chpt 2.7
- "I must admit, Lewis, that it is highly unlikely that the judge will issue a writ for the blacks," Baldwin said.
Chpt 2.7 *writ = an order issued by a court or judicial officer
- "Even if we do not get the writ, I am confident we can cast enough doubt upon their case to unsettle their sureness of its outcome," Baldwin said.†
Chpt 2.7
- The defense had divined what they could from the notes but had given more time and weight iristead to Pickney's Treaty, the Antelope case, and their proposal of the writ.†
Chpt 2.7
- "Your Honor," Holabird said, standing, "The United States urges that a writ is not granted for the children on the grounds that they are witnesses to the events on board the Amistad."†
Chpt 2.7
- The government is concerned that if the children or any of the other negroes are provided with a writ of habeas corpus, they will very quickly disappear, perhaps even against their will.†
Chpt 2.7
- Therefore we ask that if a writ is granted for the children it be accompanied by bail of one hundred dollars per child.†
Chpt 2.7
- I said I will rule on motions for a writ, but I am not ready to do so now.†
Chpt 2.7
- Baldwin finished by imploring the court to grant the writ of habeas corpus.†
Chpt 2.7
- Because of this I will not grant writs of habeas corpus for either the men or the children of the Amistad.†
Chpt 2.7
- Though he was not sure what new evidence the abolitionists would marshal, he assured Forsyth that a writ of habeas corpus would never be granted in his court.†
Chpt 2.8
- If they were citizens of France or England, I would issue writs of habeas corpus, Mr. Staples.†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
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(writ) law: an order issued by a court or judicial officer
or more rarely:
archaic term for written or wrote