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Definition of Hard Labour An additional punishment to imprisonment without the option of a fine, introduced by statute in 1706, and unknown to the common law Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hard Labour in the Dictionaries, Hard Labour in our legal […]

Definition of Hallimote; Hal I Mote The Anglo-Saxon Court equivalent to the Court Baron Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hallimote; Hal I Mote in the Dictionaries, Hallimote; Hal I Mote in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from […]

Definition of Hamilton V. Pandorf ((1887), 12 A. C. 518). Causa proxima non remota spectatur (q.v.).Rats gnawed part of a ship so as to cause sea water to come in and damage the cargo. Held } the loss was due to a peril of the sea, which was the proximate cause, and not to vermin…

Definition of Handsale A sale of chattels concluded by the shaking of hands. Handsel. Earnest (q.v.) money Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Handsale in the Dictionaries, Handsale in our legal dictionaries, Related topics, Browse topics from the […]

Definition of Habeas Corpora Juratorum A writ upon which trial of causes at nisi prius was had in the Court of Common Pleas. It commanded the sheriff to have before the Court at Westminster, or before the Judges of assize and nisi prius, the bodies of the jurors named in the panel to the writ…

Definition of Hanseatic Laws Of The Sea The maritime law of the Hanse towns collected and published as a code by the Hanseatic League in 1591, and accepted as authoritative throughout northern Europe Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Hanseatic Laws […]

Definition of Habeas Corpus A prerogative writ directed to a person who detains another in custody and commands him to produce or have the body of that person before the Court(1) Habeas corpus ad subjiciendurn commands the person to whom it is directed to produce the body of the person […]

Definition of Habendum The clause in a conveyance which indicates the estate to be taken by the grantee. Formerly it commenced To have (habendum) and to hold (tenendum). Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Habendum in the Dictionaries, Habendum in our […]

Definition of Habere Facias Possessionem That you cause to have possession. The writ by which the claimant in the old action of ejectment obtained possession of land Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Habere Facias Possessionem in the Dictionaries, […]

Definition of Habere Facias Seisin Am That you cause to have seisin. A writ which was formerly addressed to the sheriff requiring him to give seisin of a freehold estate recovered in an action Browse You might be interested in these references tools: ResourceDescription Habere Facias Seisin […]