Editing Habeas corpus (section)

===Similarly named writs===
The full name of the writ is often used to distinguish it from similar ancient writs, also named {{lang|la|habeas corpus}}. These include:
* {{lang|la|Habeas corpus ad deliberandum et recipiendum}}: a writ for bringing an accused from a different county into a court in the place where a crime had been committed for purposes of trial, or more literally to return holding the body for purposes of "deliberation and receipt" of a decision ("[[extradition]]").
* {{lang|la|Habeas corpus ad faciendum et recipiendum}} (also called {{lang|la|habeas corpus cum causa}}): a writ of a superior court to a custodian to return with the body being held by the order of a lower court "with reasons", for the purpose of "receiving" the decision of the superior court and of "doing" what it ordered.
* {{lang|la|Habeas corpus ad prosequendum}}: a writ ordering return with a prisoner for the purpose of "prosecuting" him before the court.
* {{lang|la|Habeas corpus ad respondendum}}: a writ ordering return to allow the prisoner to "answer" to new proceedings before the court.
* {{lang|la|Habeas corpus ad testificandum}}: a writ ordering return with the body of a prisoner for the purposes of "testifying".