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HANTELOD

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In old European law. An arrest, or attachment. Spelman. … [Read more...]

HARDSHIP

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To suffer a difficulty, an oppression. The severity with which a proposed construction of the law would bear upon a particular case, founding, sometimes, an argument against such construction, which is otherwise termed the "argument ab inconvenienti." … [Read more...]

HANDBOROW

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In Saxon law. A hand pledge; a name given to the nine pledges in a decennary or friborg; the tenth or chief, being called "headborow" (q. v.) So called as being an inferior pledge to the chief. Spelman. … [Read more...]

HAP

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An old word which signifies to catch; as, to hap the rent, to hap the deed poll. Techn. Dict. h. t. … [Read more...]

HARDSHIP CASES

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Cases where a party suffers from signficant poverty or other life problems. … [Read more...]

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