Law Dictionary

Betrothment

Protection at the hands of the king.

The term “handgun” means— (A) a firearm which has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand; and (B) any combination of parts from which a fire

In Saxon law. One having a thing in his hand; that is, a thief found having the stolen goods in his possession,— latro manifestus of the civil law. See Laws Hen. I. c. 59; Laws Ath

In Saxon Law. One having a thing in his hand; that is, a tliief found having the stolen goods in his possession,— latro manifestus of the civil law. See Laws of lien. I. c. 59; Law

“Handicap” means, with respect to a person— (1) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, (2) a record of havin

“handicapped” means having a temporary or permanent physical disability; and / the term “handicapped” means having an impairment which (A) is expected to be of long-continued and i

any individual who (A) has a physical or mental disability which for such individual constitutes or results in a substantial handicap to employment and (B) can reasonably be expect

The term "handicapped person" means any individual (A) who is an individual with a disability, as defined in section 705 of title 29, (B) who is under a disability as def

As used in this section, the term “handle” includes but is not limited to collecting, isolating, testing, opening, disposing, and destroying. / As used in this section, the term “h

cooperative associations.

The term “handling operation” means any operation or portion of an operation (except final retailers of agricultural products that do not process agricultural products) that— (A) r

Earnest (q. v.) when It is in cash.

or HANDSEL. Anciently, among all the northern nations, shaking of hands was held necessary to bind a bargain,—a custom still retained in verbal contracts. A sale thus made was call

Same as Handsale.

Anything written by a person. The manner in which a person writes, including the formation of the characters, the separation of the words, and other features distinguishing the wri

One's voice and handwriting are, of course, means of communication. It by no means follows, however, that every compulsion of an accused to use his voice or write compels a communi

Lat. That you cause to have a view. A writ to cause the sheriff to take a view of lands or tenements.

In old practice. To remain undetermined. "It has hung long enough; it is time it were made an end of." Holt, C. J., 1 Show. 77. Thus, the present participle means pending; during t

Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, condemned to suffer death, by the neck, until life Is extinct A mode of capital punishment. In Old English Law. Pending; as ha

Overdue rent.

In atrocious cases it was at one time usual, in England, for the court to direct a murderer, after execution, to be hanged upon a gibbet in chains near the place where the murder w

An executioner. The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court and lawful warrant.

A fine for hanging one without trying him; a fine for permitting an escape.

A commercial confederacy for the good ordering and protection of the commerce of its members; an imposition upon merchandise. Du Cange, "Hansa."

Pertaining to the hanse tovsms.

A number of towns in Europe which Joined in a league for mutual protection of commerce as early as the twelfth century. Associated action and partial union between certain North Ge

A commercial association of German cities, formerly existing, chief among which were Bremen, Lubee, and Hamburg, having a peculiar code of maritime laws. Harlot^ V. Heriot.

A number of towns in Europe which joined in a league for mutual protection of commerce as early as the twelfth century. Amsterdam and Bremen were the first two that formed it, and

LAWS OF THE. The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Lubeek in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged. The text of this digest, and a Lat

The maritime ordinances of the Hanseatic towns, first published in German at Lubeck, in 1597, and in May, 1614, revised and enlarged.

The chief of a company; the head man of a corporation.

I. In the civil law. Drawing; the drawing of water; the right of drawing water.

An arrest. Jacob.

An arrest.

Respect or distinction of persons. Jacob.

To catch. Thus, "hap the rent," "hap the deed-poll," were formerly used. Tech. Diet.; Cowell.

The word happen, in its strictest literal sense, signifies an unexpected event. It is also not uncommonly used as synonymous with "'occur," "take place," "exist" and "happens to be

The “pursuit of happiness,” as used in the Declaration of Independence is said to be the right to pursue any iawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with the eq

In old statutes. A hand-gun, about three-quarters of a yard long.

In old English law. A race of horses and mares kept for breed; a stud. Spelman.

The term “harassment” means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which— (i) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild; or (ii) has the pot

In England, an officer of the royal household.

The term “harbor” means any channel or harbor, or element thereof, in the United States, capable of being utilized in the transportation of commercial cargo in domestic or foreign

n. A haven, or aspace of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to ufford a safe anchorage for ships. “Port” is a word of larger import than “harbor, ” since it implies th

In England, a harbor authority is a body of persons, corporate or unincorporate, being proprietors of, or intrusted with the duty of construct-

The term "harbor maintenance tax" means the amounts collected under section 4461 of title 26. / The term “harbor maintenance tax” has the meaning given the term in sectio

The term “Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund” means the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund established by section 9505 of title 26 .

A shelter or safe station for vessels; a haven or port

the general definition of the word harbour... is such as to be fully covered by the facts in this case... It is,—'to receive clandestinely, and without lawful authority, a person f

structures erected along the seacoast at inlets or rivers for protective purposes, or for enclosing sea areas adjacent to the coast to provide anchorage and shelter.

A phrase used to indicate decisions which, to meet a case of hardship to a party, are not entirely consonant with the true principle of the law. It is said of such: Hard cases make

For purposes of subsection (b)(6), the term “hard cider” means a wine— (1) containing not more than 0.64 gram of carbon dioxide per hundred milliliters of wine, except that the Sec

or HARDIES (Scotch). In old Scotch law. Lions; coins formerly of the value of three half -pence. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note.

A phrase used in sentencing to confinement in institutions where labor is required of convicts. The word "hard" is surplusage. 29 Pa. St. 448.

“hard-metric” means measurement, design, and manufacture using the metric system of measurement, but does not include measurement, design, and manufacture using English system meas

“hard mineral resource” means any deposit or accretion on, or just below, the surface of the deep seabed of nodules which include one or more minerals, at least one of which contai

Coin. See 5 Hill (N. Y.), 523.

people of faith exercise religion in ways that may be seen to conflict with the new right to same-sex marriage-when, for example, a religious college provides married student *2626

The term “hard seeds” means the percentage of seeds which because of hardness or impermeability do not absorb moisture or germinate under prescribed tests but remain hard during th

at a minimum, "something hard to bear" and suggests something more severe than a mere burden.

A rural cooperative plan which includes a qualified cash or deferred arrangement shall not be treated as violating the requirements of section 401(a) or of paragraph (2) merely by

The term “hardware” means a locomotive apparatus, a wayside interface unit (including any associated legacy signal system replacements), switch position monitors needed for a posit

The term “hardwood plywood” means a hardwood or decorative panel that is— (i) intended for interior use; and (ii) composed of (as determined under the standard numbered ANSI/HPVA H

The term "hard x-ray" means a photon with energy greater than 20 kiloelectron volts.

Lat. In old English law. A seeker of an inheritance; hence, the next heir to lands. Heredipetae suo propinquo vel extraneo periculoso sane custodi nullus committatur. To the next h

A fiduciary heir, or heir in trust; a person constituted heir by will, in trust for the benefit of another, called the “/fideicommissarius.” Heeres heeredis mei est meus heres. The

A lawful heir; one pointed out as such by the marriage of his parents. Heres legitimus est quem nuptie demonstrant. He isa lawful heir whom marriage points out as such; who is born

In the civil law. An heir born; one born heir, as distinguished from one made heir, (heres factus, q. v.;) an heir at law, or by intestacy, (@b intestato;) the next of kin by bloud

Inold English law. Ariglhtheir. Fleta, lib. 6, c. 1, § 11.

In old English law. To give aright of inheritance, or make the donation hereditary to the grantee and his heirs. Cowell.

The same as herlot (q. «.). Cowell; Termes de la Ley. Sometimes spelled Harriott; Wms. Sels. 203.

A whore.

such indirect means of killing and injuring wildlife as habitat modification, the other terms listed in §3 — "harass," "pursue," "hunt," "shoot," "wound," "kill," "trap," "capture,

The term "harmful algal bloom" means marine and freshwater phytoplankton that proliferate to high concentrations, resulting in nuisance conditions or harmful impacts on m

the term “harmful interference” means— (A) flying or landing helicopters or other aircraft in a manner that disturbs concentrations of birds or seals; (B) using vehicles or vessels

“discharge”, “emission”, “garbage”, “harmful substance”, and “incident” shall have the meanings provided in the Convention;

that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it (a) predominately appeals to th

that quality of any description or representation, in whatever form, of nudity, sexual conduct, sexual excitement, or sadomasochistic abuse, when it

Congress may have intended 'harmless' in a relative sense, but we think it was in relation to such laboratory tests as the ones the Secretary performed that Congress was speaking w

A judgment is not to be reversed for an error by which the plaintiff in error cannot have been prejudiced.

even though there may have been sufficient evidence, apart from the coerced confession, to support a judgment of conviction, the admission in evidence, over objection, of the coerc

Though not strictly synonymous with the word “reconcile,” it is not improi>erly u.sed by a court in instructing the jury that it is their duty to “harmonize” conflicting evidence i

Armor.

The defensive armor of a soldier or knight. All warlike instruments. Hovend. 725. In modern poetical sense a suit of armor. The term is sometimes used to denote the trappings of a

or HARROU (Fr.) In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell.

Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell.

The old form of "heriot," (q. v.) Williams, Seis. 203.

Hue and cry.

A stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete.

A name commonly applied to the act of congress of February 13, 1893. It provides (§ 1) that agreements in a bill of lading relieving the owner, etc., of a vessel sailing between th

the provisions of the Harter Act relieving an owner from liability to the cargo for errors of management of navigation do not charge him with a warranty. What they say to him is th

A penny tax on every house. -<i. Peter's pence.

hearth penny. In old English law. A tax or tribute of a penny, imposed on every hearth or house.

The term “harvest” means to engage in harvesting or other associated activities.

“harvester” means any individual who is in the business of catching or growing fish for purposes of sale;

The terms “harvesting” and “harvesting or other associated activities” mean— (A) the harassing, molesting, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, or cap

The terms “harvesting” and “harvesting or other associated activities” mean— (A) the harassing, molesting, harming, pursuing, hunting, shooting, wounding, killing, trapping, or cap

2 The term “harvest rate” means the amount of ice (at 32 degrees F) in pounds produced per 24 hours.

to me that the board has proceeded conformably to the statute and regulations.