Habeas corpus ad respondendum

A writ used when a man hath a cause of action against one who is confined by the process of some inferior court; in order to remove the prisoner and charge him with this new action in the court above.

Defined by the Supreme Court in Ex parte Bollman and Ex parte Swartwout, 8 U.S. 75 (1807).

See also 334 U.S. 266.

A writ to remove a prisoner confined by process of an inferior court to a higher court to be charged there with a new action. See 8 U. S. 97, 2 L. Ed. 562.

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.

Defined under Habeas Corpus in Black's Law Dictionary.