Category: H
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Housebreaking
Definition of Housebreaking Breaking and entering a dwelling or other house and committing any felony therein, or committing a felony in any such house and then breaking out. (Larceny Act, 1916, s. 26.) Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription […]
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Hochster V. Delatour
Definition of Hochster V. Delatour ((1853), 2 E. & B. 678). If one party to a contract states his intention not to perform the whole or a substantial or vital part thereof, the other party may treat the contract as discharged and sue for damages without being under any obligation to perform […]
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Household Fire Insurance Co. V. Grant
Definition of Household Fire Insurance Co. V. Grant ((1879), L. K. 4 Ex. D. 216). Held, that when an offer is made by post, the posting of a letter of acceptance is a complete acceptance, although the letter may never arrive Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Higham V. Ridgway
Definition of Higham V. Ridgway ((1808), 10 East, 109). If a person have peculiar means of knowing a fact, and make a written entry of that fact which is against his interest at the time, it is evidence of the fact as between third persons after his death.An entry was made by a man midwife…
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Holder In Due Course
Definition of Holder In Due Course One who takes a bill of exchange, complete and regular on the face of it, before it is overdue and without notice of dishonour, in good faith and for value, without notice of any defect of title of the transferor. (Bills of Exchange Act, 1882, s. 29.) Browse […]
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Houses Of Correction
Definition of Houses Of Correction A species of prison, originally designed for the confinement of vagrants and paupers refusing to work. Abolished Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Houses Of Correction in the Dictionaries, Houses Of Correction in […]
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Highway
Definition of Highway A road or way open to the public as of right for the purpose of passing and repassing. The ownership of the soil may be private. A highway may be founded on prescription, statute, or by dedication to the public by the owner. See Vovaston v. Payne Browse You might be […]
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Holding Over
Definition of Holding Over Where a tenant under a lease continues in possession of land after the determination of his tenancy. Ordinarily, the effect is either to make the tenant liable to an action for damages, or to continue the tenancy against his wish Browse You might be interested in […]
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Howard V. Harris
Definition of Howard V. Harris ((1683), 1 Vern. 190). Once a mortgage, always a mortgage.’ 1 PI eld, that no agreement in a mortgage can make it irredeemable, either after the death of the mortgagor or upon failure of issue male of his body Browse You might be interested in these references […]
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Hochster V. Delatour
Definition of Hochster V. Delatour ((1853), 2 E. & B. 678). If one party to a contract states his intention not to perform the whole or a substantial or vital part thereof, the other party may treat the contract as discharged and sue for damages without being under any obligation to perform […]