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In such phrases as "to the hurt or annoyance of another," or "hurt, molested or restrained in his person or estate," this word is not restricted to physical injuries, but includes

A ram or wether.

In Spanish law. Theft. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 20.

The term “husband” means the husband of an individual, but only if (1) he is the father of her son or daughter, (2) he was married to her for a period of not less than one year imm

One of the great domestic relationships ; being that of a man and woman lawfully joined in marriage, by which, at common law, the legal existence or a wife is incorporated with tha

the very foundation of the community and its efficacious existence depends on the power of the husband, during the marriage, over the community, and his right, in the absence of fr

In old Scotch law. A quantity of land containing' commonly six acres. Skene.

See Fabmeb.

See "Ship's Husband."

In old English law. Husbandry. Dyer, (Fr. Ed.) 35b.

Agriculture; cultivation of .the soil for food; farming, in the sense of operating land to raise provisions. Simons v. Lovell, 7 Heisk. (Tenn.) 516; McCue v. Tunstead, 65 Cal. 506,

a bona fide assignment for a valuable consideration, made by a husband to a third person, of a debt actually and presently due to his wife, does not devest, in equity, the title of

In Saxon law. The crime of housebreaking or burglary. Crabb, Blag. Law, 59, 308.

Housebreaking; burglary.

In old English law. A house servant or domestic; a man of the household. Spelman. A king's vassal, thane, or baron; an earl's man or vassal. A term of frequent occurrence in Domesd

sax. In Saxon law. householder, or one who had

He who holds house and land. Bract 1. 3, ti 2, c. 10.

House rent; a tax on houses.

In old records. House rent; or a tax or tribute laid upon a house. 3 Mon. Angl. 254; Cowell; Blount.

A colloquial egression to designate a bribe to hinder information; pay to secure silence. See Blackmail.

In English law. The name of a court held before the lord mayor and aldermen of London. It is the principal and supreme court of the city. See 2 Inst. 327; St. Armand, Hist. Essay,

husten^us, 1. 1, the city of London, held, in and aldermen, but really by court of London, but has personal.

buthesium, ntbesium, Hue, or outcry. Hutesium

Hue and cry (q. v.).

Taxes. Mon. Angl. L 586.

An abbreviation for hoc verbo or hac voce, this word, under this word; used in references to dictionaries and other works alphabetically arranged. '

For purposes of this section and with respect to a depository institution, the term “HVCRE ADC loan”— (1) means a credit facility secured by land or improved real property that, pr

A deed or other document establishing the title to property, especially real estate.

In old English law. Augury; divination.

<Anobjection to the special bail putin by the defendant to an action at law made by the plaintiff on grounds of the insufficiency ot the bail. 1 Tidd, Pr. 205.

In old English law. The season for sowing winter grain, between Michaeimas and Christmas. The land on which such grain was sown. The grain itself; winter grain or winter corn. Cowe

A mongrel; an animal formed of the union of different species or different genera; also (metaphorically) a human being born of the union of persons of different races.

For purposes of this section, the term “hybrid adjustable rate mortgage” means a consumer credit transaction secured by the consumer's principal residence with a fixed interest rat

The term “hybrid dividend” means an amount received from a controlled foreign corporation— (A) for which a deduction would be allowed under subsection (a) but for this subsection,

The term “hybrid electric vehicle” means a new qualified hybrid motor vehicle (as defined in section 30B(d)(3) of title 26 ).

For purposes of this section, the term “hybrid entity” means any entity which is either— (1) treated as fiscally transparent for purposes of this chapter but not so treated for pur

The term “hybrid instrument” means a security having one or more payments indexed to the value, level, or rate of, or providing for the delivery of, one or more commodities. / In s

For purposes of this section, the term &quot;hybrid transaction&quot; means any transaction, series of transactions, agreement, or instrument one or more payments with respect to w

“hybrid vehicle” means a vehicle propelled by a combination of an electric motor and an internal combustion engine or other power source and components thereof;

In old English law. Hide; skim A measure of land, containing, acoording to some, a hundred acres, which quantity is also assigned to it in the Dialogus de Scaccario. It seems, howe

See Hidagk.

(Hydraulicing.) The process of mining gold and other precious minerals by forcing water, at great pressure though pipers or hose upon deposits of earth which contain the minerals.

The term “hydric soil” means soil that, in its undrained condition, is saturated, flooded, or ponded long enough during a growing season to develop an anaerobic condition that supp

The term “hydrocarbon injectant” includes natural gas, crude oil, and any other injectant which is comprised of more than an insignificant amount of natural gas or crude oil. The t

The term “hydrocarbon systems science” means a science involving natural gas or other petroleum exploration, development, or production. / The term “hydrocarbon systems science” in

The term “hydroelectric facilities” means all facilities related to the generation, transmission, and distribution of hydroelectric power and which are subject to, and authorized b

The terms “clean hydrogen” and “hydrogen” mean hydrogen produced in compliance with the greenhouse gas emissions standard established under section 16166(a) of this title, includin

The term &quot;hydrogen-powered vehicle&quot; means a vehicle that uses hydrogen as the main source of motive power, either through a fuel cell or internal combustion.

The term “hydrographic data” means information that— (A) is acquired through— (i) hydrographic, bathymetric, photogrammetric, lidar, radar, remote sensing, or shoreline and other o

For purposes of this section, the term &quot;hydrographic product&quot; means any publicly or commercially available product or service produced or disseminated by a non-Federal en

The term &quot;hydrographic services&quot; means— (A) the management, maintenance, interpretation, certification, and dissemination of bathymetric, hydrographic, shoreline, geodeti

The term “hydrologic accounting unit” means 1 of the 352 river basin hydrologic accounting units used by the United States Geological Survey.

An instrument for measuring the density of fiuids: being Immersed in fiuids, as in water, brine, beer, brandy, etc., it determines the proportion of their density, or their specifi

The term “hydrophytic vegetation” means a plant growing in— (A) water; or (B) a substrate that is at least periodically deficient in oxygen during a growing season as a result of e

The term “hydrothermal” refers to naturally occurring subsurface reservoirs of hot water or steam.

Lat In the civil law. Winter. Dig. 43, 20, 4, 34. Written, in some of the old books, "yems." Fleta, llb. 2, c. 73, §§ 16, 18.

In the civil law. The name of the bequest or legacy given by the husband to his wlfe, at his death, above her dowry,

In medical jurisprudence. A psychic or mental state rendering the patient susceptible to suggestion at the will of another. The hypnotic state is an abnormal condition of the mind

bypobolum, gr.-h That which was given to a addition to her dowry.

A testamentary gift to a wife in addition to her dower.

See Insanitt.

A mild or slightly developed form or type of mania

In medical jurisprudence, (1) The morbid deposition of a sediment of any kind in the body. (2) A congestion or flushing of the blood vessels, as in varicose veins. Post-mortem hypo

In Scotch law. A right over a subject which is acquired by a creditor while the subject remains in the possession of the debtor.

In civil law. That kind of pledge in which the possession of the thing pledged remains with the debtor; the obligation resting in mere contact. Dig. 1. 3. 7. 9. 2.

In civil law. An hypothecary action; an action for the enforcement of an hyjpotheca, or right of mortgage; or to obtain the surrender of the thing mortgaged. Inst. 4. 6. 7; Mackeld

In civil law. Hypothecary creditors; those who loaned money on the security of an hypotheca (q. v.). Calv. Lex.

An action by a creditor to whom property has been hypothecated to have it sold to pay the debt. See 136 U. S. 130, 34 L. Ed. 372, 10 Sup. Ct. Rep. 1024.

To pledge a thing without delivering the possession of it to the pledgee. "The master, when abroad, and in the absence of the owner, may hypothecate the ship, freight, and cargo, t

It is not necessary to the existence of the hypothecation that there should be in terms any express pledge of the vessel, or any stipulation that the credit shall be given on her a

A bond given in the contract of bottomry or respondentia.

In French law. Hypothecation; the right acquired by the creditor over the immovable property which has been assigned to him by his debtor as security for his debt, although he be n

A supposition. See 105 Cal. 335, 38 Pac. 945.

Based upon an assumption or hypothesis, as a hypothetical question is one which calls for the opinion of the witness upon facts assumed by the question.

<A combination of assumed or proved facts and circumstances, stated in such form as to constitute acoherent and specific situation or state of facts, upon which the opinion of an e

A question asked an expert witness supposing or assuming facts for the purpose of the question. See 83 N. Y. 464, 38 Am. Rep. 464.

That a Judge cannot be required to declare the law on hypothetical questions which do not belong to the cause on trial, has been frequently asserted in this Court, and is, we belie

The basis, in England, of rating lands and hereditaments to the poor-rate, and to other rates and taxes that are expressed to be leviable or assessable in like manner as the poor-r

The term &quot;hypoxia&quot; means a condition where low dissolved oxygen in aquatic systems causes stress or death to resident organisms.

In old English law. A parish.

A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more common in females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due to psychic rather than physical causes, and

A condition initiated by an apparently mild attack of convulsive hysteria, followed by an epileptiform convulsion, and succeeded by a period of "clownism" (Osier) in which the pati

Those who, having bcen thought dead, had, after a long absence in foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having' been thought dead in battle, had afterwards unexpec

In Roman law. Those who, having been thought dead, unexpectedly returned. They were not per- I, at the beginning of words having the first syllable In, commonly denotes a derivatio

See Caesarean operation .

Same as Hithe.