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HOSPITAL

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A place where medical services are performed, where ill and wounded people are received and treated. An institution for the reception and care of sick, wounded, infirm, or aged persons; generally incorporated, and then of the class of corporations called "eleemosynary" or "charitable." … [Read more...]

HOSTILE

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Antagonistic. Having the character of an enemy; standing in the relation of an enemy. See 1 Kent Comm. c. 4. Hostile embargo. One laid upon the vessels of an actual or prospective enemy. Hostile possession. This term as applied to an occupant of real estate holding adversely, is not construed as implying actual enmity or ill will, but merely means that he claims to hold the … [Read more...]

HOUSE

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1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men."House" means, presumptively, a dwelling-house is a building divided into floors and apartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors and chimneys; but it does not necessarily mean precisely this. Daniel v. Coulsting, 7 Man. & O. 125; Surman v. Darley, 14 Mees. & W. 183."House" is not synonymous … [Read more...]

HOSPITALLERS

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The knights of a religious order, so called because they built a hospital at Jerusalem, wherein pilgrims were received. All their lands and goods in England were given to the sovereign by 32 Hen. VIIL c. 24. … [Read more...]

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