A photocopy or copy which can be seen and read without assistance from a machine. … [Read more...]

A hamper or basket In which were kept the writs of the court of chancery relating to the business of a subject, and their returns. 8 Bl. Comm. 49. According to others, the fees accruing on writs, etc., were there kept. Spelman; Du Cange. Hanaper-office. An office belonging to the common law jurisdiction of the court of chancery, so called because all writs relating to the … [Read more...]

In old English law. A tax or mulct. Jacob. … [Read more...]

punishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned, as part of their punishment, are sentenced to perform hard labor. This labor is not greater than many freemen perform voluntarily, and the quantity required to be performed is not at all unreasonable. In the penitentiaries of Pennsylvania it consists in being employed … [Read more...]

A measure of length equal to four inches, used in measuring the height ot horses. A person's signature. In old English law. An oath. For the meaning of the terms "strong hand" and "clean hands," see those titles. That part of the human body at the end of the arm. 2. Formerly the hand was considered as the symbol of good faith, and some contracts derive their names from the … [Read more...]