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Habeas Corpus.

The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended...

U.S. Constitution, Article I §9 · 1787

Habeas Corpus., Quorum

The great writ.

Habeas corpus, literally "that you have the body," is the right to be brought before a court and told why you are being held. It predates the Constitution by centuries and is written into Article I as a privilege that shall not be suspended.

Why the Latin stays.

Quorum keeps the Latin because the Latin is the legal term of art. It is one of the brand's mixed-typography designs, ancient phrase, modern setting, and the Courts lens is the right home for plain-English and Latin vocabulary side by side.

How we set it.

Archivo Narrow caps for "HABEAS," Fraunces italic for "Corpus." The mixed lockup pairs the declarative and the editorial, the modern and the old.