Match the definition to the legal term.

mandamus

hearing

habeas corpus

corpus delecti

deposition

appeal

Mandamus: a writ from a superior court to an inferior court or to an officer, corporation, etc., commanding that a specified thing be done.

Hearing:

the faculty or sense by which sound is perceived.

Habeas Corpus: a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.

Corpus Delicti::

the substantial and fundamental fact necessary to prove the commission of a crime.

Deposition:

an act of removing from a position of authority.

Appeal:

a legal proceeding by which a case is brought before a higher court for review of the decision of a lower court.