A hedge. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 273. … [Read more...] about HAGIA
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HABITUAL CRIMINAL
By statute in several states, one who is convicted of a felony, having been previously convicted of any crime (or twice so convicted), or who is convicted of a misdemeanor and has previously (in New York) been five times convicted of a misdemeanor. Crim. Code N. Y. 1903, s 510; Rev. St Utah, 1898, 5 4067. In a more general sense, one made subject to police surveillance and … [Read more...] about HABITUAL CRIMINAL
HAEREDA
In Gothic law. A tribunal answering to the English court-leet. … [Read more...] about HAEREDA
HABITUAL DRUNKARD
A person given to ebrlety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it Ludwlck v. Com., 18 Pa. 174; Gourlay v. Gourlay; 16 R. I. 705, 19 Atl. 142; Miskey's Appeal, 107 Pa. 626; Richards v. Richards, 19 IU. App. 467; McBee v. McBee, 22 Or. 329, 29 Pac. 887, 29 Am. St. Rep. 613. One who has … [Read more...] about HABITUAL DRUNKARD
HAEREDE ABDUCTO
An ancient writ that lay for the lord, who, having by right the wardship of his tenant under age, could not obtain his person, the same being carried away by another person. Old Nat Brev. 93. … [Read more...] about HAEREDE ABDUCTO