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The Geneva Convention, 1949
This document sets out the laws its signatory nations agreed to follow around the treatment of prisoners of war, those in medical need, and civilians.
Series
Chancery: Files, Tower Series, Habeas Corpus Cum Causa
Catalogue reference: C 250
What's it about?
C 250
Writs instructing the sheriff or other keeper of a prison to bring prisoners, together with the cause of their imprisonment, before the king in Chancery on a specified day.Most of these records were formerly included in C 47 and C 202
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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C 250
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Title (The name of the record)
- Chancery: Files, Tower Series, Habeas Corpus Cum Causa
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Date (When the record was created)
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1353-1428
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Description (What the record is about)
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Writs instructing the sheriff or other keeper of a prison to bring prisoners, together with the cause of their imprisonment, before the king in Chancery on a specified day.
Most of these records were formerly included in C 47 and C 202
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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Latin
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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18 file(s)
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- Topics
- Prisons
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The time allowed to produce prisoners was extremely short; most had to be produced within four days and a significant number on the day of issue. The appearance of the prisoner in court in the hope of immediate release on bail made the habeas corpus cum causa more attractive than the older writ of replevin.
By 1414 its use in all courts had become so popular that it was restricted by statute to persons imprisoned in cases where no judgement had yet been given. Despite this curtailment, however, the numbers returned to Chancery quickly recovered, and soon the purpose of the writ was beginning to be adapted to that substantive remedy against abuse of the royal prerogative which led to the conflicts of the seventeenth century and the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3782/
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