The writ of habeas corpus is an extraordinary remedy because it gives a court the power to release a prisoner after the prisoner has been processed through the criminal justice system, with all its procedural safeguards and appeals.
Noun. 1. Roger Brooke Taney-United States jurist who served as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court; remembered for his ruling that slaves and their descendants have no rights as citizens (1777-1864).
a person, usually one of a body of persons, appointed to administer the affairs of a company, institution, etc. 2. a person who holds the title to property for the benefit of another. 3. (in New England) a garnishee. 4. a trusty. verb (used with object), trusteed, trusteeing.