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1679 ( MDCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1679th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 679th year of the 2nd millennium, the 79th year of the 17th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1670s decade.
The 1679 codification of habeas corpus took place in the context of a sharp confrontation between King Charles II and Parliament, which was dominated by the then sharply oppositional, nascent Whig Party.
The Act is often wrongly described as the origin of the writ of habeas corpus. But the writ of habeas corpus had existed in various forms in England for at least five centuries before and is thought to have originated in the Assize of Clarendon of 1166.
- An Act for the better securing the Liberty of the Subject, and for Prevention of Imprisonment beyond the Seas.
- 31 Cha. 2. c. 2
- 27 May 1679
Many of the procedures that made for effective assertion of these rights were provided by the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, which authorized judges to issue the writ when courts were on vacation and provided severe penalties for any judge who refused to comply with it.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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APPENDIX VI. an act for the better securing the liberty of the subject, and for prevention of imprisonments beyond the seas, commonly called “the habeas corpus act.” 1 31 ch. ii., Ch. 2, may, 1679. Whereas great delays have been used by sheriffs, gaolers and other officers, to whose custody any of the king's subjects have been committed ...
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Jul 21, 2022 · The Petition of Right in 1628 charged that the king’s jailers were ignoring writs of habeas corpus and illegally detaining English subjects. In 1679, Parliament passed the Habeas Corpus Act, which applied to sheriffs and jailers who were causing delays in answering habeas writs issues by common law courts. The Act imposed strict deadlines for ...
