It concerns the aging Dr. Arthur Wicksteed and his pursuit of a nubile patient, Felicity Rumpers. Wicksteed's wife, Muriel, is, in turn, lusting after the charming head of the BMA, Sir Percy Shorter, who, as well as being Wicksteed's old rival, turns out to be Felicity's father - the result of an under-the-table liaison during an air-raid with Lady Rumpers, her mother.
Felicity herself is pregnant and finds a way to cover it up in the hypochondriac son of Dr. Wicksteed, Denis.
Meanwhile, Wicksteed's spinster sister Connie, ashamed of her flat-chestedness, has schemes of her own. The 'chorus' is provided by the lower-class, housekeeper Mrs Swabb.
Habeas corpus is also a legal term. It is Latin and translates as "you shall have the body".
References
Bennett, Alan (1985). Forty Years On and Other Plays. Faber & Faber. ISBN0571134858.
A writ of habeas corpus is known as "the great and efficacious writ in all manner of illegal confinement", being a remedy available to the meanest against the mightiest. It is a summons with the force of a court order; it is addressed to the custodian (a prison official for example) and demands that a prisoner be taken before the court, and that the custodian present proof of authority, allowing the court to determine whether the custodian has lawful authority to detain the prisoner. If the custodian is acting beyond his or her authority, then the prisoner must be released. Any prisoner, or another person acting on his or her behalf, may petition the court, or a judge, for a writ of habeas corpus. One reason for the writ to be sought by a person other than the prisoner is that the detainee might be held incommunicado. Most civil law jurisdictions provide a similar remedy for those unlawfully detained, but this is not always called habeas corpus. For example, in some Spanish-speaking nations, the equivalent remedy for unlawful imprisonment is the amparo de libertad ('protection of freedom').
Habeas corpus is a legal action through which a person can seek relief from unlawful detention.
Habeas corpus may also refer to:
Habeas Corpus Act 1679, an Act of the Parliament of England passed during the reign of King Charles II to define and strengthen the writ of habeas corpus
Starting with the first Doc Savage story in 1933 and running throughout the pulp adventures a group of recurring characters appeared either as Doc's supporting cast or antagonists.
Ham Brooks is one of the characters referred to as the "The Fabulous Five", the primary assistants of Doc Savage, and first appears with the full name Theodore Marley Brooks.
The character is presented as a Harvard educated lawyer, holding the military rank of brigadier general, and known as a dandy. He is also shown as always carrying sword cane with a blade coated with a knock-out chemical.
He is also shown to love fighting with his friend "Monk" Mayfair. This began during World War I, when a practical joke landed Monk in a military jail. Ham had taught Monk some insulting French words, presenting them as compliments. Monk used them while speaking to a French general and got locked in the guard house. Shortly after that, Ham was framed for stealing a truckload of hams, resulting in his insulting nickname. Ham was able to defend himself, but the fact that he was never able to prove that Monk was behind this has always been a source of irritation for him.
In Robert Altman’s “The Player,” the studio exec played by Tim Robbins develops a legal thriller, “Habeas Corpus,” which will eventually cast Julia Roberts in the lead ... In certain flashback scenes, Gere rather than Elordi plays the younger Fife.
But the strategy seized upon by many of those dismayed by the current court is misguided ...Change ... It is time for members in the Senate and the House to play for rules ... habeas corpus reform (which was really death penalty reform); ; repealing rights.
Assange has been incarcerated in one form or another for more than a decade in complete violation of habeas corpus. The British play a game of keeping Assange in solitary confinement in a maximum ...
The habeas corpus petition, filed in July by the NhRP, demanded the release of five elephants living at the zoo, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo, based on claims that the elephants were showing signs of stress.
The Bridge on the River Kwai star then invited Cushing to see him appear in the Alan Bennett play Habeas Corpus he was appearing in at the time ... 'Should you ever feel up to the frivolity of Habeas ...
He shared his experience of the bombing that occurred during the proclamation rally of the Liberal Party in Plaza Miranda, as well as the subsequent suspension of the writ of habeas corpus.
Whose Life Is It, Anyway? A woman is paralyzed in a car accident and, against her will, kept alive in the hospital in this play. After invoking the law of habeas corpus, a judge joins the battle.
Can he go above the law? Historic emergencies include Lincoln suspending the writ of habeas corpus during the Civil War, Franklin D ... the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, and the Civil War suspensions of the writ of habeas corpus in 1861.
Citing a national emergency provoked by "communist subversives," Marcos suspended the writ of habeas corpus and began arresting radical student and labor activists.
Those who are playing online ... The suo motu plea was initiated after coming across a habeas corpus petition where a girl eloped with a man whom she got acquainted with while playing such an online game.
The court initiated the suo motu plea after recently coming across an HCP (habeas corpus petition) case where a girl eloped with a man whom she got acquainted while playing one such .
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19 Feb 2023
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19 Feb 2023