Word: habeus
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...antiterrorism fight also required changes in the nation's law as embodied in the 1974 Prevention of Terrorism Act. It gave police wider search powers than their counterparts enjoy in the U.S. It also permits them to detain suspects for seven days without charge, which would probably violate the habeus corpus provisions of American...