successive writ doctrine

successive-writ doctrine. Criminal procedure. The principle that a second or supplemental petition for a writ of habeas corpus may not raise claims that were heard and decided on the merits in a previous petition. Cf. ABUSE-OF-THE-WRIT DOCTRINE E.

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