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  • HABITATION
    In the civil law. The right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. It differed from a usufruct, in this: that the usufructuary might apply the house to any purpose, as of a store or manufactory; whereas the party having the right More...
  • HABITUAL CRIMINAL
    By statute in several states, one who is convicted of a felony, having been previously convicted of any crime (or twice so convicted), or who is convicted of a misdemeanor and has previously (in New York) been five times convicted of a misdemeanor. Crim. Code N. Y. 1903, s 510; More...
  • HABITUAL DRUNKARD
    A person given to ebrlety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it Ludwlck v. Com., 18 Pa. 174; Gourlay v. Gourlay; 16 R. I. 705, 19 Atl. 142; Miskey's Appeal, 107 Pa. 626; More...
  • HABLE
    L. Fr. In old English law. A port or harbor; a station for ships. St. 27 Hen. VI. c. 3.
  • HACIENDA
    In Spanish law. The public domain; the royal estate; the aggregate wealth of the state. The science of administering the national wealth; public economy. Also an estate or farm belonging to a private person.
  • HACKNEY CARRIAGES
    Carriages plying for hire in the street. The driver is liable for negligently losing baggage. Masterson v. Short, 33 How. Prac.
  • HADBOTE
    In Saxon law. A recompense or satisfaction for the violation of holy orders, or violence offered to persons in holy orders. Cowell; Blount
  • HADD
    In Hindu law. A boundary or limit A statutory punishment defined by law, and not arbitrary. Mozley A Whitley.
  • HADERUNGA
    In old English law. Hatred; ill will; prejudice, or partiality. Spelman; Cowell.
  • HANGONEL
    In old English law. A tax or mulct. Jacob.
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