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The use of this word, instead of the statutory word "carry" in an indictment charging that the defendant "did feloniously steal, take, and haul away" certain personalty, will not render the indictment bad, the words being in one sense equivalent. Spittorff v. State, 108 Ind. 171, 8 N. E. 911. … [Read more...] about HAUL

1. In old English law. An unlawful game at dice, those who play at being called "hazardors." Jacob. 2. In modern law. Any game of chance or wagering. Cheek v. Com., 100 Ky. 1,87 S. W. 152; Graves v. Ford, 3 B. Mon. (Ky.) 113; Somers v. State, 6 Sneed (Tenn.) 488. 3. In insurance law. The risk, danger, or probability that the event Insured against may happen, varying with the … [Read more...] about HAZARD

In old English law. Hatred. Leg. Wm. I. c. 16 ; Blount. … [Read more...] about HAUR

Insurance against sudden dangers, usually found in homeowners' insurance policies which provides protection against fire damage, storms, theft and vandalism, flooding. … [Read more...] about HAZARD INSURANCE

Lat. In the civil law. A species of servitude, consisting in the right to draw water from another's well or spring, in which the iter, (right of way to the well or spring,) so far as it is necessary, is tacitly included. Dig. 8, 3, 1; Mackeld. Rom. Law, s 318. … [Read more...] about HAUSTUS