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  • HARMLESS ERROR
    See ERROR.
  • HARNASCA
    In old European law. The defensive armor of a man; harness. Spelman.
  • HARNESS
    All warlike instruments; also the tackle or furniture of a ship.
  • HARO, HARRON
    Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cry after felons and malefactors. Cowell,
  • HARRIOTT
    The old form of "herlot," (q. v.) Williams, Seis. 203.
  • HART
    A stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete.
  • HASP AND STAPLE
    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 the symbol of possession,) with other formalities. Bell; Burrill.
  • HASPA
    In old English law. The hasp of a door; by which livery of seisin might anciently be made, where there was a house on the premises.
  • HASTA
    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 "hastae subjicere" (to put under the spear) meant to put up at auction. Calvin. In feudal law. A spear. The symbol used In making investiture More...
  • HAT MONEY
    In maritime law. Primage ; a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship.
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