Habeas corpus ad respondendum
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A writ which is usually employed in civil cases to remove a person out of the custody of one court into that of another, in order that he may be sued and answer the action in the latter.
2 Sell Pr. 259; 2 Mod. 198; 3 Bl. Comm. 129; 1 Tidd, Pr. 300.