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| HABEAS CORPORA | | English practice. A writ issued out of the C. P. commending ... |
| HABEAS CORPUS | | remedies A writ of habeas corpus is an order in writing, ... |
| HABENDUM | | conveyancing. This is a Latin word, which signifies to have. ... |
| HABERDASHER | | . A dealer in miscellaneous goods and merchandise.
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| HABERE | | . To have. This word is used in composition. ... |
| HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM | | Practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution in the ... |
| HABERE FACIAS SEISINAM | | practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution, used in ... |
| HABERE FACIAS VISUM | | practice. The name of a writ which lies when a view ... |
| HABIT | | . A disposition or condition of the body or mind ... |
| HABITATION | | civil law. It was the right of a person to ... |
| HABITATION | | estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall. 2 Bl. Com. 4;4 Bl. Com. ... |
| HABITUAL DRUNKARD | | . A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of ... |
| HABITUALLY | | . Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so ... |
| HAD BOTE | | Engl. law. A recompense or amends made for violence offered to ... |
| HAEREDES PROXIMI | | . The children or descendants of the deceased. Dalr. Feud. Pr. ... |
| HAEREDES REMOTIORES | | . The kinsmen other than children or descendants; Dalr. Feud. Pr. ... |
| HAEREDITAS | | . An inheritance, or an estate which descends to one by ... |
| HAEREDITAS JACENS | | . This is said of an inheritance which is not taken ... |
| HAERES | | civil law. An heir, one who succeeds to the whole inheritance. ... |
| HALF | | . One equal part of a thing divided into two ... |
| HALF CENT | | money. A copper coin of the United States, of the value ... |
| HALF DEFENCE | | pleading. It is the peculiar form of a defence, which is ... |
| HALF DIME | | money. A silver coin of the United States, of the value ... |
| HALF DOLLAR | | money. A silver coin of the United States of the value ... |
| HALF EAGLE | | money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value ... |
| HALF PROOF | | semiplena probatio, civil law. Full proof is that which is sufficient ... |
| HALF SEAL | | . A seal used in the English chancery for the ... |
| HALF YEAR | | In the computation of time, a half year consists of one ... |
| HALF-BLOOD | | parentage, kindred. When persons have only one parent in common, they ... |
| HALF-BROTHER AND HALF-SISTER | | . Persons who have the same father but different mothers; or ... |
| HALL | | . A public building used either for the meetings of corporations, ... |
| HALLUCINATION | | med. jur. It is a species of mania, by which ... |
| HALMOTE | | . The name of a court among the Saxons. It ... |
| HAMESUCKEN | | Scotch law. The crime of hamesucken consists in "the felonious seeking ... |
| HAMLET | | Eng. law. A small village; a part or member of ... |
| HANAPER OFFICE | | Eng.law. This is the name of one of the offices belonging ... |
| HAND | | . That part of the human body at the end ... |
| HANDBILL | | . A printed or written notice put up on walls, ... |
| HANDSALE | | contracts. Anciently, among all the northern nations, shaking of hands was ... |
| HANDWRITING | | evidence. Almost every person's handwriting has something whereby it may be ... |
| HANGING | | punishment. Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, ... |
| HANGMAN | | . The name usually given to a man employed by ... |
| HAP | | . An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to ... |
| HARBOR | | . A place where ships may ride with safety; any ... |
| HARD LABOR | | punishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, ... |
| HART | | . A stag or male deer of the forest five ... |
| HAT MONEY | | mar. law. The name of a small duty paid to ... |
| HAVEN | | . A place calculated for the reception of ships, and ... |
| HAWKERS | | . Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise ... |
| HAZARDOUS CONTRACT | | civil law. When the performance of that which is one of ... |
| HEAD BOROUGH | | English law. Formerly he was a chief officer of a borough, ... |
| HEALTH | | . Freedom from pain or sickness; the most perfect state ... |
| HEALTH OFFICER | | . The name of an officer invested with power to enforce ... |
| HEARING | | chwncery practice. The term, hearing is given to the trial of ... |
| HEARING | | crim. law. The examination of a prisoner charged with a crime ... |
| HEARSAY EVIDENCE | | . The evidence of those who relate, not what they know ... |
| HEDGE-BOTE | | . Wood used for repairing hedges or fences. 2 Bl. ... |
| HEIFER | | . A young cow, which has not had a calf. ... |
| HEIR | | . One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, ... |
| HEIR APPARENT | | . One who has an indefeasible right to the inheritance, provided ... |
| HEIR AT LAW | | . He who, after his ancestor's death intestate, has a right ... |
| HEIR LOOM | | estates. This word seems to be compounded of heir and loom, ... |
| HEIR PRESUMPTIVE | | . A presumptive heir is one who, in the present circumstances, ... |
| HEIR, BENEFICIARY | | . A term used in the civil law. Beneficiary heirs are ... |
| HEIR, COLLATERAL | | . A collateral heir is one who is not of ... |
| HEIR, CONVENTIONAL | | civil law. A conventional heir is one who takes a succession ... |
| HEIR, FORCED | | . Forced heirs are those who cannot be disinherited. This term ... |
| HEIR, GENERAL | | . Heir at common in the English law. The heir ... |
| HEIR, IRREGULAR | | . In Louisiana, irregular heirs are those who are neither testamentary ... |
| HEIR, LEGAL, civil law A legal heir is one who is of the same blood
of the deceased, and who takes the succession by force of law; this is
different from a testamentary or conventional heir, who takes the succession in
virtue of the disposition | |
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| HEIR, TESTAMENTARY | | civil law. A testamentary heir is one who is constituted heir ... |
| HEIR, UNCONDITIONAL | | . A term used in the civil law, adopted by the ... |
| HEIRESS | | . A female heir to a person having an estate ... |
| HERALDRY | | civil and canon law. The art or office of a ... |
| HERBAGE | | English Law, A species of easement, which consists in the right ... |
| HEREDITAMENTS | | estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, ... |
| HEREDITARY | | . That which is inherited.
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| HERESY | | Eng. law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted ... |
| HERIOTS | | Eng. law. A render of the best beast or other ... |
| HERISCHILD | | . A species of English military service, or knight's fee. ... |
| HERITAGE | | . By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species ... |
| HERMAPHRODITES | | . Persons who have in the sexual organs the appearance of ... |
| HIDE | | measures. In England, a hide of land, according to some ancient-manuscripts, ... |
| HIERARCHY | | eccl. law. A hierarchy signified, originally, power of the priest; for ... |
| HIGH | | . This word has various signifcations: 1. Principal or chief, as ... |
| HIGH CONSTABLE | | . An officer appointed in some cities bears this name. His ... |
| HIGH COURT OF DELEGATES | | English law. The name of a court esthlished by stat. 25 ... |
| HIGH SEAS | | . This term, which is frequently used in the laws ... |
| HIGH TREASON | | English law. Treason against the king, in contradistinction with petit treason, ... |
| HIGH WATER MARK | | . That part of the shore of the sea to ... |
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