Category: H
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Hundredor
Definition of Hundredor One of the inhabitants of a hundred who was liable to serve on a jury trying an issue regarding land situate therein Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hundredor in the Dictionaries, Hundredor in our legal dictionaries, […]
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Hurst V. Picture Theatres, Ltd.
Definition of Hurst V. Picture Theatres, Ltd. ([1915] 1 K. B. 1). A licence to enter premises given for value cannot be revoked except for reasonable cause.The plaintiff, who had purchased a ticket for a seat at a cinema, was turned out by direction of the manager, and without good cause. […]
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Husband And Wife
Definition of Husband And Wife The old rule was Husband and wife are one in law. At common law a husband became on his marriage absolutely entitled to all chases in possession belonging to his wife in her own right (including those acquired after marriage), and to the whole of the rents and […]
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Hush Money
Definition of Hush Money Money paid to induce a person to compound a felony or to stifle a prosecution, or to refrain from giving evidence or information Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hush Money in the Dictionaries, Hush Money in our legal […]
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Hussey V. Home-Payne
Definition of Hussey V. Home-Payne ((1879), L. R. 4 A. C. 311). Held, that when a contract is alleged to have been made by correspondence, the whole of it must be looked at. The inclusion of a stipulation, otherwise implied, that the title to property shall be approved by the purchaser’s […]
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Hyde V. Wrench
Definition of Hyde V. Wrench ((1840), 3 Beav. 334). Held, that the refusal of an offer or the making of a counter offer puts an end to it, and it cannot be afterwards accepted so as to bind the offeror Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hyde V. […]
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Hypothecation
Definition of Hypothecation (1) Pledging a ship or her freight or cargo for the payment of money borrowed by the master. It is either bottomry or respondentia (q.v.) ; (2) a charge on property as security for the payment of a sum of money where the property remains in the possession of the […]
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Hughes V. Cornelius
Definition of Hughes V. Cornelius ((1682), 2 Shower, 232). Held, the sentence in a foreign Court of Admiralty decreeing a ship to be lawful prize, is conclusive; and therefore, though erroneous, the owner cannot recover the ship back Browse You might be interested in these references tools: […]
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Huguenin V. Basely
Definition of Huguenin V. Basely ((1807), 14 Ves. 273). The plaintiff, Mrs. Huguenin, whilst a widow, constituted the defendant her agent, and he undertook the management of her property and affairs ; and she afterwards executed a voluntary settlement in favour of him and his family. Mrs. […]
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Hulme V. Tenant
Definition of Hulme V. Tenant ((1778), 1 Bro. C. C. 16). A bill was filed by the obligee of a bond entered into by the defendants (husband and wife) against the husband and wife, and her surviving trustee, to recover the sums secured out of his wife’s separate estate. Held, that the bond of a…