Law Dictionary

In this section, the term “humanitarian and civic assistance” means any of the following: (1) Medical, surgical, dental, and veterinary care provided in areas of a country that are

The term “humanitarian assistance” means assistance to meet humanitarian needs, including needs for food, medicine, medical supplies, clothing, and shelter. / The term "humani

The term “humanitarian or peacekeeping operation” means a military operation in support of the provision of humanitarian or foreign disaster assistance or in support of a peacekeep

The term “humanities” includes, but is not limited to, the study and interpretation of the following: language, both modern and classical; linguistics; literature; history; jurispr

The term “human remains” means the physical remains of the body of a person of Indian ancestry.

The term “Human Rights Reports” means all reports submitted by the Department of State to Congress under sections 2151n and 2304 of this title.

In this section, the term “human trafficking” means an act or practice described in paragraph (9) or (10) 1 of section 7102 of title 22 . / The term “human trafficking” means an ac

Humbug is an, imposition, imposture, deception; and as a verb, signifies to impose upon, to cozen, to swindle; all implying intention to misrepresent, by the assertion of what is n

In English law. A division of a county, which some make to have originally consisted of one hundred hides of land; others of ten tithings, or one hundred free families. It differed

hundredum, hnndredns, dred.

In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given to the chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it. Spelman, voc. "Hundredus." HUNDREDARY

In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given to the chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it Spel. voc. "Hundredus."

The chief of a hundred.

An Inferior court, whose jurisdiction extended to the whole territory embraced in a hundred. They were courts not of record; the freeholders were sembled courts baron in all respec

The presiding officer ip the hundred court. Ann. Inst Eng.

The performance of suit and service at the hundred courts.

Same as Hundred-penny.

Dwellers or inhabitants of a hundred.

An assembly among the Saxons of the freeholders of a hundred. It met twelve times in the year, originally; though subsequently its meetings became less frequent. It had an extensiv

Liability to attend the hundred court.

The inhabitants of a hundred, who, by several statutes, are held to be liable, in the cases therein specified, to make good the loss sustained by persons within the hundred by robb

In old English law. A tax collected from the hundred, by the sheriff or lord of the hundred. Spelman, voc. "Hundredus."

Rolls embodying the result of investigations made by the commissioners in 1274 as to usurpations of the royal rights. 1 Holdsw. Hist E. L. 48.

The performance of suit and service at the hundred court.

In Saxon law. The dwellers or inhabitants of a hundred. Cowell; Blount. Spelman suggests the reading of sceatena from Saxon sceat, a tax.

A denomination of weight containing, according to the English system, 112 pounds; but in this country, generaliy, it consists of 100 pounds avoirdupois.

The desire to eat. Hunger is no excuse for larceny; 1 Hale, PI. Cr. 64; 4 Bla. CJom. 31. As to death from hunger, see Death.

The term “hunger-free communities goal” means any of the 14 goals described in House Concurrent Resolution 302, 102nd Congress, agreed to October 5, 1992.

One which fails to agree on a verdict.

the term "hunter recruitment and recreational shooter recruitment" means any activity or project to recruit or retain hunters and recreational shooters, including by— (A)

The act of pursuing and taking wild animals; the chase. The grant or reservation of "hunting, shooting, fishing and sporting" includes all things generally hunted, shot, fished, or

The term “hunting year” means the 1-year period beginning on July 1 of each year.

A domestic; one of a family.

In English law. A species of sledge, used to draw traitors to execution.

A tornado; a very high wind. See 8 Ind. App. 22, 35 N. E. 397.

The term “Hurricane Katrina disaster area” means an area with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President before September 14, 2005, under section 401 of s

The term “Hurricane Rita disaster area” means an area with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President before October 6, 2005, under section 401 of such Ac

The term “Hurricane Wilma disaster area” means an area with respect to which a major disaster has been declared by the President before November 14, 2005, under section 401 of such

A grove.

A wood or grove of trees. Co. Litt4b.

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.