amparo
noun
am·pa·ro
ämˈpä(ˌ)rō
plural -s
1
Spanish law : a preliminary certificate issued to a claimant of land as a protection for the claim until a survey can be had and the full title vested
2
Spanish law : a proceeding analogous to habeas corpus
Word History
Etymology
Spanish, literally, protection, from amparar to protect, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin anteparare, from Latin ante before + parare to prepare
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1