Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

habeas corpora juratorum

[Law Latin "that you have the bodies of the jurors"] Hist. A writ commanding the sheriff to bring in jurors and, if necessary, to take their lands and goods as security to ensure their attendance in court for a trial setting. ( This writ issued from the Court of Common Pleas and served the same purpose as a distringas juratores in the King's Bench. The writ was abolished in 1852.