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HABITABLE

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A residence that is a safe place within which to live or inhabit. Definitions vary but, in general, it would mean at a minimum that there is a sound structure providing adequate shelter, safe from toxic substances and provides reasonably adequate heat, hot water and plumbing and common utilities. … [Read more...]

HAD BOTE

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Engl. law. A recompense or amends made for violence offered to a person in holy orders. … [Read more...]

HAEREDITAS JACENS

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This is said of an inheritance which is not taken by the heirs, but remains in abeyance. … [Read more...]

HABITABLE REPAIR

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A covenant by a lessee to "put the premises into habitable repair" binds him to put them into such a state that they may be occupied, not only with safety, but with reasonable comfort, for the purposes for which they are taken. Miller v. McCardell, 19 R. I. 304, 33 Atl. 445, 30 L. R. A. 682. … [Read more...]

HADBOTE

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In Saxon law. A recompense or satisfaction for the violation of holy orders, or violence offered to persons in holy orders. Cowell; Blount … [Read more...]

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