Aragon’s manifestaci´on forced any detaining authority to hand prisoners to Aragonese justice

Evidence

In some ways, manifestaci´on may be compared to habeas corpus in the English common-law legal tradition. Its effect was to force any authority other than an Aragonese one detaining an individual on Aragonese soil to hand him over to Aragonese justice, which would then itself hold him in the special jail that existed specifically for that purpose in Saragossa (the so-called C´arcel de los Manifestados). This Aragonese right to hold the prisoner always took precedence if manifestaci´on was applied for. Originally, this procedure could not be contested at all, although the Inquisition, after it arrived, asserted that in matters of heresy its jurisdiction took precedence. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 571

Categorization

• DEFINE: Defines manifestaci´on as an Aragonese analogue to habeas corpus, with its jurisdictional priority structure.
• XREF: Connects to broader work on Crown of Aragon’s fueros and jurisdiction conflicts with the Inquisition — parallels English common-law liberties.