Law Dictionary

Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus et honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bractfol. 61.

When a transaction is as compatible with honesty as with dishonesty, the former is always presumed.^ A person who keeps in his employ a servant found to be dishonest cannot have re

The term “honey” means the nectar and saccharine exudations of plants which are gathered, modified, and stored in the comb by honey bees.

As used in this chapter, the term “honeybee” means all life stages and the germ plasm of honeybees of the genus Apis, except honeybee semen.

The term “Honey Board” means the board provided for under section 4606(c) of this title.

Honey production.—The term “honey production” means all beekeeping operations related to— (A) managing honey bee colonies to produce honey; (B) harvesting honey from the colonies;

The term “honey products” means products produced, in whole or part, from honey.

the term “Hong Kong” means, prior to July 1, 1997, the British Dependent Territory of Hong Kong, and on and after July 1, 1997, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the P

In English Law. The seigniory of a lord paramount. 2 Bl. Comm. 91. In Common Law. To accept a bill of exchange; to pay a bill accepted, or a promissory note, on the day it becomes

A title of courtesy given in England to the younger children of earls, and the children of viscounts and barons, and, collectively, to the house of commons. In America, the word is

a formal final judgment passed by the government upon the entire military record of the soldier, and an authoritative declaration by it that he had left the service in a status of

The term “honoraria” means the plural of “honorarium” as defined in section 13141 of this title .

1. In the civil law. An honorary or free gift; a gratuitous payment; a counsellor's fee.

a payment of money or any thing of value for an appearance, speech or article by a Member, officer or employee, excluding any actual and necessary travel expenses incurred by such

Lat In Roman law. The law of the prætorB and the edicis of the ædiles.

Without fee, profit, or reward, either to or by the holder of the honorary position. 81 N. Y. 255.

Those without emolument. 3 & 4 Viet, c. 113, § 23.

Titles of nobility, descendible to the eldest son, in exclusion or ali the rest. 2 Bl. Comm. 56.

Titles of nobility, descendible to the eldest son, in exclusion of all the rest

Services by which lands in grand serjeantry were held; such as to hold king's banner, or to hold his head in the ship which carried him from Dover to Whitsand, etc. 2 Sharswood, Bl

Trustees to preserve contingent remainders. So called because they are bound, in honor only, to decide on the most proper and prudential course. Lewin, Trusts, 408. HONTFONGENTHEF

Tribunals held within honors. Cowell.

By reason of honor or privilege. See Challenge.

The seignory of a lord paramount. 2 Bla. Com. 91. In Domesday Book, the complex of landed property and rights combined in one person and perpetuated as a unit after the original ho

In Saxon law. a thief taken with hondhabend; i. e., having the thing stolen in his hand. Cowell.

L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace, Hony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him who evil thinks.

A hill. Co. Llttfib. H 0 PC 0 N. A valley. Cowell.

Land plowed and sown every year.

“Hoopa Indian blood” means that degree of ancestry derived from an Indian of the Hunstang, Hupa, Miskut, Redwood, Saiaz, Sermalton, Tish-Tang-Atan, South Fork, or Grouse Creek Band

"Hoopa Valley Reservation" means the reservation described in section 1300i–1(b) of this title;

“Hoopa Valley Tribe” means the Hoopa Valley Tribe, organized under the constitution and amendments approved by the Secretary on November 20, 1933, September 4, 1952, August 9, 1963

In old English law. A valley. Cowell.

A valley.

The term “HOPE for Homeowners Program” means the program established under this section.

the term “Hopi Partitioned Lands” means lands located in the Hopi Partitioned Area, as defined in section 168.1(g) of title 25, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on October

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.

Lat. An hour; the hour. —Hora aurorae. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell. —Horse juridicæ, or judiciæ. Hours during whi

In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or coverfeu (curfew) was the evening bell. Hora non est multum de substantia negotii, licet in appollo de ea aliquando fiat ment

In old English law. The morning bell. Cowell. HORA NON EST MULTUM DE SUBstantla negotll, licet In appello de ea allquando flat mentlo. The hour is not of much consequence as to the

The hours of a court’s sessions.

or JUDICIA. Tiours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business.

The hour is not of much consequence as to the substance of business, although in appeal it is sometimes mentioned. 1 Bulst 82.

The hour is not of much consequence in business matters, but mention of it is sometimes made in appeals.

In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 19, c, 4, § 1.

In old records. A cow in calf.

A treasurer.

A hoard, treasury, or repository. Cowell.

In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmate, beer barley, as distinguished from common barley, which was called "hordeum quadragesimale." Blount.

Uniform. See 60 Minn. 461, 62 N. W. 826.

When retailers are forced to abandon price competition, they are driven into a compact in violation of the spirit of the proviso which forbids 'horizontal' price fixing. A real san

Sealy, Inc., is an instrumentality of the licensees for purposes of the horizontal territorial allocation. It is not the principal. ... It would violate reality to treat them as eq

naked restraints of trade with no purpose except stifling of competition

In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons, rebels, and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king's sergeant. This wa

A book containing the first principles of any science or branch of knowledge; a primer, so called because the material was horn. Horn book law. The elementary or rudimentary law, c

(Sax.) In old E^nglish law. A tax within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cowell; Blount.

In Scotch law. A process issuing on a decree of court of sessions, or of an inferior court, by which the debtor is charged to perform, in terms of his obligation, or on failure mad

Tenure by winding a horn on approach of enemy, called "tenure by cornage." If lands were held by this tenure of the king, it was grand serjeantry; if of a private person, knight se

A phrase used to describe the commoning together of homed beasts of different species.

The promiscuous feeding of bulls and cows or all horned beasts that are allowed to run together upon the same common. Spelman.

A place for keeping grain, a storehouse. Calvinus, Lex.; Bract, fol. 48. HORS DE SON FEE (Fr. out of his fee). In Old English Law. A plea to an action brought by one who claimed to

Out; outside.

Out of the combat or struggle.

A plea in an action seeking to hold the goods of one who had been a tenant, meaning, “I am no longer your tenant, and am, with my goods, out of your land.” See 12 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 3.

Until a horse has attained the age of four years, he is called a "colt.'' 1 Russ. & R. 416. This word is sometimes used as a generic name for all animals of the horse kind. 3 Brev.

The name applied to the public office in Whitehall appropriated to the departments under the general-commandiug-ln-chief. The term is also used conventionally to signify the milita

I. Hours in which the court sits.

Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business.

“horsemen’s group” means, with reference to the applicable host racing association, the group which represents the majority of owners and trainers racing there, for the races subje

The term “horseracing anti-doping and medication control program” means the anti-doping and medication program established under section 3055(a) of this title .

Except.

In Old English Law. The wealh, or Briton who had the care of the king’s horses.

In Old English Law. A service or corvie, consisting in watching the horses of the lord. Anc. Inst. Eng.

Same as Chimney-money.

A garden.

One that kills his guest or host

(Lat.) In civil and old English law. A guest. 8 Co. 32, Calye's case. A host or entertainer. Calv. Lex. More commonly hoepitator. HOSPITATOR (Lat.) A host or entertainer. Hospitato

A great chamberlain.

In this section, the term “hospice care” means the items and services described in section 1861(dd) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395x(dd) ). / The term “hospice care” me

The term “hospice program” means a public agency or private organization (or a subdivision thereof) which— (A) (i) is primarily engaged in providing the care and services described

a place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment or care for not less than twenty-four hours in any week of three or more nonre

For purposes of this subsection, the term “hospital acquired condition” means a condition identified for purposes of subsection (d)(4)(D)(iv) and any other condition determined app

The term “hospital-based” means, with respect to an agency, owned or operated by a hospital. / The term “hospital-based” means, with respect to an eligible professional, a professi

For purposes of clause (i), the term “hospital-based eligible professional” means, with respect to covered professional services furnished by an eligible professional during the EH

The term "hospital care" includes— (A) (i) medical services rendered in the course of the hospitalization of any veteran, and (ii) travel and incidental expenses pursuant

The term “hospital facilities” means buildings housing a hospital and related facilities, including laboratories, outpatient departments, nurses’ home and training facilities and c

For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “Hospital Insurance Trust Fund ratio” means, with respect to any calendar year, the ratio of— (I) the balance in the Federal Hospital In

The terms “physician” and “medical care” and “hospitalization” include osteopathic practitioners or the services of osteopathic practitioners and hospitals within the scope of thei

A member of an order of knights who cared for the sick and the poor.

The knights of a religious order, so called because they built a hospital at Jerusalem, wherein pilgrims were received. All their lands and goods in England were given to the sover

An innkeeper; a host.

An innkeeper. 8 Coke, 32.

The marshal of a camp.

An innkeeper.

Plural of Hospes.

Inns. Hospitia communia, common inns. Reg. Orig. 105. Hospitia curiae, inns of court. Hospitia cancellariae, inns of chancery. Crabb, Hist. Eng. Law, 428, 429; 4 Reeve, Hist. Eng.

Inns of court, which see.

The killing of a host or guest at an inn; the killer.

A place for the entertainment of guests. See 2 Daly (N. Y.), 15.

A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallaehia.

A Turkish governor in l^oldavia or Wallachia.