Habeas corpus is a legal term for the right to have a judge decide if a person is being detained lawfully.

VOA: special.2009.02.09

And she worked with a judge in Denver to establish the first court in the country to deal only with young people.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

I smiled to myself and said "But some people say that he is as good a judge of wine as you are."

VOA: special.2009.02.07

The best way to judge if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color.

VOA: special.2009.02.24

The Obama administration and some Arizona cities hope to persuade a judge to block the new law.

VOA: special.2010.07.03

One music expert said: "Your Cheatin' Heart" is so sad, it sounds like a judge sentencing somebody to a punishment worse than death itself."

VOA: special.2009.11.22

The judge declares a mistrial. Prosecutors then have to decide whether to try the case again.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

Earlier this year, a judge in the state of Florida was forced to declare a mistrial after eight weeks in a federal drug case.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

He quickly sent for a judge to give him the oath of office as President.

VOA: special.2010.04.22

The judge said many consider this a "lawyer's trick" to avoid the ban on the direct patenting of DNA, but the result is the same.

VOA: special.2010.04.09

The judge asked Brown if he wanted to make a statement before being sentenced.

VOA: special.2009.07.02

But it is difficult to read and judge a wave when it is near.

VOA: special.2009.03.17

He was 16. John went to Judge Tone, the richest man in town, to collect a dollar for some corn the Judge Tone bought from John's father.

VOA: special.2010.06.26

At the end,the judge makes a final statement to the jury.

VOA: special.2009.08.31

A pilot needs to be able to judge distance.

VOA: special.2009.03.18

President Obama,in his weekly address, is calling on the Senate to give Judge Sotomayor a swift, rigorous and principled confirmation.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

A bankruptcy filing would allow a judge to decide how much creditors would get while Chrysler continues to build cars.

VOA: standard.2009.04.30

A three-judge panel in Ethiopia handed down sentences to 39 men and one woman in the so-called Ginbot Seven, or May 15 conspiracy case.

VOA: standard.2009.12.23

The presiding judge read from a letter Karadzic sent to the trial chamber,last week.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Sotomayor spent years as a federal judge before her Supreme Court appointment, and legal analysts expect her to be an active advocate in the court's oral and written debates.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05