habeas corpus ad fa·ci·en·dum et re·cip·i·en·dum \-adˌfāshēˈendəme.trə̇ˌsipēˈendəm\noun Etymology: New Latin, literally, you should have the body for doing and receiving : a writ issued from a superior court to an inferior court requiring that a defendant be produced with the cause of his being taken and held