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some sort of a chase, but it need not be an extended hue and cry "in and about (the) public streets." The fact that the pursuit here ended almost as soon as it began did not render

See "Ordeal."

sax. Having in hand. v. Handhabend.

“Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians” means the sole successor to the Maliseet Tribe of Indians as constituted in aboriginal times in what is now the State of Maine, and all its prede

Certain grants of land in Louisiana; as to the history of which see the case cited hereto. *

(Lat. Aora). The twenty-fourth part of a day, consisting of sixty minutes.

In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. St. Tr. 603.

For purposes of this subsection, the term “hour of service” means a time of service determined under regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Labor. / For purposes of this sectio

For purposes of this subsection, the term “hours of service” has the meaning provided by section 410(a)(3)(C).

A fee for storing goods.

the dwelling and a circumscribed area of surrounding land that is given the name "curtilage." Oliver v. United States, 466 U. S. 170, 180 (1984).

A fee paid for housing goods by a carrier or at a wharf, etc.

A State may adopt and enforce a statute or regulation with respect to the design, manufacture, or installation or use of any marine sanitation device on a houseboat, if such statut

liousbote. v. Bote.

An allowance of necestenement. This belongs of common right to any lessee for years or for life. House tote is said to be of two kinds, estoveriam " et ardendi, Co. Litt. 41.

In criminal law. The breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, by night or by day, with intent to commit some felony within the same, whether such felonious intent is ex

See Arson.

A tax on inhabited houses imposed by 14 and 15 Viet. c. 36, in lieu of window-duty, which was abolished.

(1) an individual who lives alone or who, while living with others, customarily purchases foods and prepares meals for home consumption separate and apart from the others, or (2) a

Pertaining or appropriate to a ture: all personal chattels that may venience of a householder, or the ornament linen, china and pibtures. Household used in, or purchased or otherwi

The term "household energy burden" means the quotient obtained by dividing— (A) the residential energy expenditures (as defined in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Fede

Master or chief of a family; one who keeps house with his family. Webster. It "means more than the mere occupant of a room or house. It implies the idea of a domestic establishment

By this expression, in wills, all personal chattels will pass that may contribute to the use or convenience of the household, or the ornament of the house; as, plate, linen, china,

(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), for purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term "household goods" means— (i) clothing; (ii) furniture; (iii) appliances; (iv) 1 radio; (v) 1 t

Household goods freight forwarder.—The term “household goods freight forwarder” means a freight forwarder of one or more of the following items: household goods, unaccompanied bagg

In general.—The term “household goods motor carrier” means a motor carrier that, in the ordinary course of its business of providing transportation of household goods, offers some

The term “household income” means, with respect to any taxpayer, an amount equal to the sum of— (i) the modified adjusted gross income of the taxpayer, plus (ii) the aggregate modi

The term “household items” includes furniture, furnishings, electronics, appliances, linens, and other similar items.

Words sometimes used in a will. Plate will pass under the term (2 Freem. Ch. 64), but not apparel, books, cattle, victuals, and choses in action, which do not fall within the natur

The term “household substance” means any substance which is customarily produced or distributed for sale for consumption or use, or customarily stored, by individuals in or about t

The term “household textile articles” means articles of wearing apparel, costumes and accessories, draperies, floor coverings, furnishings, beddings, and other textile goods of a t

The term “household waste” means material discarded by residential dwellings, hotels, motels, and other similar permanent or temporary housing establishments or facilities.

The term "household with a high energy burden" has the meaning given the term in section 440.3 of title 10, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on November 15, 2021

One who occupies a house. A person who occupies every room in the house, under a lease, except one, which is reserved for his landlord, who pays all the taxes, is not a houselceepe

the term "House leadership office" means, with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office for the fiscal yea

One of the constituent houses of the English parliament. It is composed of the representatives of the people, as distinguished from the house of lords, which is composed of the nob

A place for the imprisonment of those who have committed crimes of lesser magnitude.

The official title of the lower branch of the legislative assembly of several of the American states, e. g., Maryland and Virginia.

A bawdy house (q.v.); a house resorted to for the purpose of prostitution and lewdness. 5 Ired. (N. C.) 603. See 3 Pick. (Mass.) 26; 21 N. H. 345; 33 Conn. 91.

The name of the lower branch of the legislative assembly or parliament of the Isle of Man. consisting of twenty-four representatives chosen by popular election.

One of the constituent houses of the English parliament. This body is the supreme court of judicature in the kingdom. It has no original jurisdiction, but is the court of appeal in

v. Court, 13.

A prison for juvenile delinquents.

The lower house of the Congress of the United States.

On the contrary, it presents a case for the application of the ordinary principle which subjects to confiscation, jure belli, the share of a partner in a neutral house, where his o

It has been long since decided in the courts of admiralty, that the property of a house of trade, established in the enemy's country, is condemnable, as prize, whatever may be the

A building or place set apart for and devoted to the holding of religious services or exercises or public worship; a church or chapel or place similarly used. Old South. Son. v. Bo

The term “housing” includes manufactured housing and manufactured housing lots and elder cottage housing opportunity units that are small, free-standing, barrier-free, energy-effic

The term “housing accommodations” means housing designed for occupancy by military personnel and their dependents, assigned to duty at or near the military installation where such

The term “housing area” means an area of Hawaiian Home Lands with respect to which the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is authorized to provide assistance for affordable housing

The term “housing assistance”— (A) means assistance provided by the Federal Government to be used in connection with the provision of housing,1 that is provided in the form of a gr

As used in this section, the term “housing assistance plan” means a housing assistance plan submitted and approved under section 5304 of this title or, in the case of a unit of gen

For purposes of this section, the term “housing assistance program” means any program of assistance for housing— (1) for which assistance is provided by the Secretary of Housing an

the term “housing cooperative” means a cooperative housing corporation (as defined in section 216(b) of title 26 ) that employs not more than 300 employees; / the terms “additional

The term “housing cost amount” means an amount equal to the excess of— (A) the housing expenses of an individual for the taxable year to the extent such expenses do not exceed the

The term “housing cost/income ratio” means, with respect to any statistical area, the number determined by dividing— (I) the applicable housing price ratio for such area, by (II) t

The term “housing credit agency” means any agency authorized to carry out this subsection.

the term “housing creditor” means— (A) a depository institution, as defined in section 501(a)(2) of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980; (B) a

The term “housing development agency” means any agency of a State or local government, or any private nonprofit organization, that is engaged in providing housing for homeless indi

The term "housing document" means a document developed by the Secretary of Defense under section 2890 of this title and known as the Military Housing Privatization Initia

The term “housing entity” means the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

The term "housing expenses" means the reasonable expenses paid or incurred during the taxable year by or on behalf of an individual for housing for the individual (and, i

As used in this section, “housing for older persons” means housing— (A) provided under any State or Federal program that the Secretary determines is specifically designed and opera

For the purpose of this chapter, the term “housing loan” means a loan for any of the purposes specified by sections 3710(a) and 3712(a)(1) of this title.

As used in this section, the term “housing owner” means a private nonprofit corporation or other private nonprofit legal entity, a limited dividend corporation or other limited div

The term “housing plan” means a plan developed by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands.

For purposes of this section, the term “housing program” means a program under the administration of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the Secretary of Agriculture

The term “housing-related activities” means advocacy, capacity building, and systemic change activities that result in individuals with developmental disabilities having access to

The term “housing related community development” means any facility, community building, business, activity, or infrastructure that— (i) is owned by an Indian tribe or a tribally d

The term “Housing Requirements and Market Analysis”or “HRMA” means, with respect to a military installation, a structured analytical process under which an assessment is made of bo

The term “housing stock” means the number of existing housing units based on data compiled by the United States Bureau of the Census and referable to the same point or period in ti

The term "housing unit" means a unit of family housing or military unaccompanied housing acquired or constructed under this subchapter.

The term “housing voucher program” means a program for tenant-based assistance under section 1437f of this title .

A place used by husbandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils out of the rain and sun. Law Lat. Diet. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.

The term “hovering vessel” means— (1) any vessel which is found or kept off the coast of the United States within or without the customs waters, if, from the history, conduct, char

The term “HOV facility” means a high occupancy vehicle facility.

A hill.

In Old English Law. A hill. Co. Litt. 5 ft.

A small sailboat usually employed in and about harbors for lightering.

The master or captain of a hoy, or small coasting vessel. Hoymen are liable as common carriers. Story, Bailm. § 496.

In Spanish law. A term synonymous with “equity” in one of its senses, and defined as “the benignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to the circumstances of the time

The office of overlooking or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who 6 is to overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government by diocesan bishops. eee

The right of the mortgagor of an estate to redeem the same after it has been forfeited, at law, by a breach of the condition of the mortgage, upon paying the amount of debt, intere

A kind of rack for extorting confessions.

An abbreviation for house of representatives.

In Gothic law. A tribunal answering to the English court-leet

An ancient writ that lay for the lord, who, having by right the wardship of his tenant under age, could not obtain his person, the same being carried away by another person. Old Na

An ancient writ, directed to the sheriff, to require one that had the body of an heir, being in ward, to deliver him to the person whose ward he was by reason of his land. Reg. Ori

An ancient writ that lay for the ravishment of the lord's ward. Reg. Orig. 163.

Lat In the civil law. Heirs. The plural of hœres, (q. v.)

Lat. In old English law. A seeker of an inheritance; hence, the next heir to lands.

To the next heir, whether a relation or a stranger, certainly a dangerous guardian, let no one be committed. Co. Litt. 88b.

In Roman law. The hœreditas was a universal succession by law to any deceased person, whether such person had died testate or intestate, and whether in trust (ex fideicommisso) for

Co. Litt. 9. An inheritance is either corporeal or Incorporeal. Co.rporeal is that which can be touched and seen; incorporeal, that which can neither be touched nor seen.

Co.. Litt. 237. Inheritance is the succession to every right which the deceased had.

A vacant inheritance. So long as no one had acquired the inheritance, it was termed "hœreditas jacens;" and this, by a legal fiction, represented the person of the decedent. Mackel

The right of inheritance is nothing else than the faculty of succeeding to all the rights of the deceased. Dig. 50, 17, 62.

In Roman law. The heir or universal successor in the event of death. The heir is he who actively or passively succeeds to the entire property of the estate-leaver. He is not only t

An heir is another self, and a son is part of the father. 3 Coke, 12b.

An heir is either by right of property or right of representation. 3 Coke, 40b.