Law Dictionary

In Old English Law. The hasp of a door; by which the livery of seisin might anciently be made, where there was a house on the premises. In Old Records. The hasp or clasp of a book.

In old Scotch law. The form of entering an heir in a subject situated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir's taking hold of the hasp and staple of the door (which was t

Lat. Im the civil law. Heirs. The plural of heres, (q. v.)

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

The term “Hass avocado” includes— (i) the fruit of any Hass variety avocado tree; and (ii) any other type of avocado fruit that the Board, with the approval of the Secretary, deter

Lat. A spear. In the Roman law, a spear was the sign of a public sale of goods or sale by auction. Hence the phrase "hastæ subjicere" (to put under the spear) meant to put up at au

The term “hatchery operator” means any person engaged in the production of egg-type baby chicks.

The term “hatching eggs” means eggs intended for use by hatcheries for the production of baby chicks.

The term “hate crime” means a crime as described in section 1(b) of the Hate Crime Statistics Act of 1990. / the term "hate crime" has the meaning given that term in sect

In Spanish law. The finding and taking possession of something which previously had no owner, and which thus becomes tle property of the first occupant. Las Partidas, 3, 5, 28; 5,

In maritime law. Primage; a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship.

A great baron or lord. Spel. Gloss.

A coat of mail.

Same as Hauberk.

hangrith, sax. In Saxon and old English law. Peace or protection given by the king with his own hand.

Low lands sometimes overflowed by a river.

A green plot in a valley.

In an indictment for larceny this word is a sufficient substitute for carry, in the statutory phrase steal, take and carry away, being in the sense used equivalent to it. Spittorff

A hall; a court.

In old English law. Hatred. LL. Gul, Conq, c. 16.. HAUSTUS (Lat. from haurire, to draw). In civil law. The right of drawing water, and the right of way to the place of drawing. Fle

A drawing as of water.

High.

High wood.

A highway.

A high street.

A man armed with a coat of mail. Jac. L. Diet.

To be entitled to; to be possessed of.

To possess corporally. “No one, at common law, was said to keve or to be in possession of land, unless it were conyeyed to him by the livery of seisin, which gave him the corporal

A common phrase in conveyancing', derived from the habendum et tenendum of the old common law. See "Habendum."

A place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety. Hale de Port. Mar. c. 2; 2 Ch

A small parcel of land so called in Kent; houses. Co. Litt 5.

A territory of the United States. It consists of a group of islands In the Pacific Ocean about one thousand five hundred miles from the western coast of California. A republic was

any descendant of the aboriginal peoples inhabiting the Hawaiian Islands which exercised sovereignty and subsisted in the Hawaiian Islands in 1778, and which peoples thereafter hav

The term “Hawaiian home lands” means all lands given the status of Hawaiian home lands under section 204 of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 (42 Stat. 110), or under the c

A coat or shirt of mail; hence, derivatively (in feudal law) one who held a fief on the duty or service of providing himself with such armor and standing ready, thus equipped, for

In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 5b.

An itinerant or traveling trader, who carries small commodities about on his back or in a cart or wagon in order to sell them, and who actually sells them to purchasers, 132 III. 3

The business of one who sells or offers goods for sale on the streets, by outcry, or by attracting the attention of persons by exposing his goods in a public place, or by placards,

An alliance or confederation among merchants or cities, for the good ordering and protection of the commerce of its members. Animposition upon merchandise. Du Cange.

In old English law. A hedge. Cowell. A piece of ground enclosed with a hedge; an enclosure in forests and parks. Blount. HAYBOTE (from haye, hedge, and bote, compensation). Hedgebo

Estovers consisting of timber used in erecting, maintaining or repairing all hedges and fences on the premises. See 64 Am. Dec. 368, note.

Another name for “hedgebote,” being one of the estovers allowed toa tenant for life or years, namely, material for repairing the necessary hedges or fences of his grounds. 213]. Co

An officer whose duty it is to impound estrays. See 1 Aik. (Vt.) 316.

I. I. In old English law. To make a hedga

The term “hazard” has the meaning given that term under section 5195a(a)(1) of title 42 . / The term “threat” or “hazard” means that an asbestos material is friable or easily damag

The term “hazard mitigation plan” means a mitigation plan submitted under section 5165 of this title .

Insurance effected on property which is in unusual or peculiar danger of destruction by fire, or on the life of a man whose occupation exposes him to special or unusual perils.

See Negligence.

Risky; perilous; involving hazard or special danger. See next title.

The term “hazardous air pollutant” means any air pollutant listed pursuant to subsection (b).

The term “hazardous areas” means those areas in a building referred to as hazardous areas in National Fire Protection Association Standard 101, known as the Life Safety Code, or an

For purposes of this section, the term “hazardous chemical” has the meaning given such term by section 1910.1200(c) of title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, except that such

A contract in which the performance of that which is one of its objects depends on an uncertain event. Civ. Code La. art. 1769; 1 Bouv. Inst, note 707; 1 J. J. Marsh (Ky.) 596; 3 J

Subject to regulations prescribed by the President, a member of a uniformed service who is entitled to basic pay is also entitled to incentive pay, in the amount set forth in subse

“hazardous financial condition” means that, based on its present or reasonably anticipated financial condition, a risk retention group is unlikely to be able— (A) to meet obligatio

“hazardous liquid” means— (A) petroleum or a petroleum product; (B) nonpetroleum fuel, including biofuel, that is flammable, toxic, or corrosive or would be harmful to the environm

The term “hazardous liquid cargo” has the meaning given that term in regulations prescribed under section 5103 of title 49 .

“hazardous liquid pipeline facility” includes a pipeline, a right of way, a facility, a building, or equipment used or intended to be used in transporting hazardous liquid;

the term “hazardous material” has the meaning given to that term in chapter 51 of title 49; / “hazardous material” means a liquid material or substance that is— (A) flammable or co

Such careless or reckless conduct as exposes one to very great danger of injury or to imminent peril. See Riggs v. Standard Oil Co.. (C. Ct) l3b Fed. 204

the term “hazardous or injurious device” means a device, which when assembled or placed, is capable of causing bodily injury, or damage to property, by the action of any person mak

The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meani

The terms “environment”, “facility”, “hazardous substance”, “person”, “pollutant or contaminant”, “release”, “removal”, “response”, “disposal”, and “hazardous waste” have the meani

The term “hazardous waste generation” means the act or process of producing hazardous waste.

as may be necessary to protect human health and the environment. Such standards may include any of the requirements set forth in paragraphs (1) through (7) of subsection (a) as may

The term “hazardous waste management” means the systematic control of the collection, source separation, storage, transportation, processing, treatment, recovery, and disposal of h

The term “hazard reduction” means the reduction in the potential consequences to life and property of dam failure.

The term "hazard tree" means any tree or part thereof (whether located inside or outside a right-of-way) that has been designated, prior to tree failure, by a certified o

A ball or surety for the personal attendance of another. Moz. & W.

In this chapter, the term “hazing” means any unauthorized assumption of authority by a midshipman whereby another midshipman suffers or is exposed to any cruelty, indignity, humili

“hazmat employee”— (A) means an individual— (i) who— (I) is employed on a full time, part time, or temporary basis by a hazmat employer; or (II) is self-employed (including an owne

“hazmat employer”— (A) means a person— (i) who— (I) employs or uses at least 1 hazmat employee on a full time, part time, or temporary basis; or (II) is self-employed (including an

An abbreviation for house bill, i. e., a bill in the house of representatives, as distinguished from a senate bill.

The term “HBCU” has the meaning given the term “part B institution” in section 1061 of title 20 .

In ecclesiastical law. An officer in cathedral churches who supervised the regular performance of divine service, and preseribed the particular duties of each person in the choir.

His or her Brittanie majesty.

That you cause to ba demanded. The emphatic words of the Lat in form of the writ of exigent. They are sumetimes used as the name of that writ.

House of Commons.

Lat. This is an agreement. Words with which agrce-ments anciently commenced. Yearb. H. 6 Edw. II. 191.

In Lat. This is the final agreement. The words with which the foot of a flne commenced. 2 Bl. Comm. 351.

The term “HCPCS” refers to the Health Care Procedure Coding System. / The term “HCPCS” means, with respect to hospital items and services, the code under the Healthcare Common Proc

High Court Reports, Northwest Provinces, India.

The use of this pronoun In a written instrument, in referring to a person whose Christian name is designated therein by a mere initial, is not conclusive that the person referred t

The principal source of a stream. Webst. Diet The head of a creek will be taken to mean the head of its longest branch, unless there be forcible evidence of common reputation to th

The upper part; the beginning or source.

Same as Headborow.

or HEADBOROUGH. In Saxon law. The head or principal man of a frank pledge decennary or tithing.

Certain tribunals in Scotland, abolished by 20 Geo. II. c. 50. Ersk. 1, 4. 6.

The term “header information” means the source, destination, and routing information attached to an electronic mail message, including the originating domain name and originating e

In old English law. A narrow piece of unploughed land left at the end of a ploughed field for the turning of the plough. Called, also, "butt." Kennett, Par. Ant. 587; 2 Leon. 70, c

A gratuity distributed among a ship’s officers and crew in the same manner as prize money. See 7 D. C. (U. S.) 97.

The syllabus of a decision printed at the head or beginning of a report of the case.

Head of a covered agency.—The term "head of a covered agency" means each of the following: (A) The Secretary of Defense. (B) The Secretary of the Army. (C) The Secretary

This term ailment, or any state of the system peculiarly meuns the source of the longest branch, un- susceptible or liable to disease or bodily ailless gencral reputation has given

in this connection, the Secretary in charge of a great division of the executive branch of the government, like the State, Treasury, and War, who is a member of the Cabinet.

Householder; one who provides for a family. 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 476. There must be the relation of father and child, or husband and wife. 3 Humph. (Tenn.) 216; 17 Ala. (N. S.) 486. Pe

the term “head of an agency” means— (i) the head of an Executive agency, other than the Department of Defense or the Government Accountability Office; (ii) the head of the United S

In this section, the term “head of an applicable agency” includes the following: (1) The Director of National Intelligence. (2) The Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. (3)

The term "head of an element of the intelligence community" means, as appropriate— (A) the head of an element of the intelligence community; or (B) the head of the depart

“head of a State agency” includes the designated delegate of the head of the agency.