Question

How did the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 limit the power of the monarchy ?

Answer 1

It made it unlawful for a person to be imprisoned or held against their will without fair trial.

Answer 2

Habeas Corpus Act of 1679 imposed the need to justify the arrest of a subject, established the corresponding process to do it. The Habeas corpus institution was conceived as a way to avoid grievances and injustices committed by the feudal lords against their subjects or people of lower social class.