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The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner. … [Read more...] about HANGMAN

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

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...] about HANAPER

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

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...] about HARD LABOR