The Inquisition defeated the manifestaci´on writ by concealing the prisoners’ location

Evidence

The Inquisitors were wily. They did not arrest Ari˜no (at least not then and there, they waited a few months), so the fueristas were denied their opportunity to summon enraged Aragonese patriots to their aid. But neither did the Inquisitors hand their prisoners over: the lawyers could not actually establish where the poor Moriscos were being detained, so the writ could not be executed. The procurators waited around with their writ till nightfall, and then had to go back home! — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 574

Categorization

• SEED: A legal procedure that only works if you can locate the body — essay angle on how jurisdictional rights fail against a power that controls information about physical location.