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A fault or defect that is not easily able to be detected with plain sight or inspection. A buyer may have the right to revoke a purchase after discovering a hidden defect. … [Read more...] about HIDDEN DEFECT

In English law. An offense against religion, consisting not in a total denial of Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed. 4 Bl. Comm. 44, 45. An opinion on divine subjects devised by human reason, openly taught and obstinately maintained. 1 Hale, P. C. 384. This offense is now subject only to ecclesiastical correction, and is no … [Read more...] about HERESY

A legal requirement, obligation or right which is not extinguished as a result of the death of the person who had prior owned such rights (or who had owed such an obligation) and which rights/obligations are transferred to the deceased person's estate. … [Read more...] about HERITABLE OBLIGATION

In Spanish law. Heir; he who, by legal or testamentary disposition, succeeds to the property of a deceased person. "Haeres censeatur cum defuncto una eademque persona." Las Partidas, 7, 9, 13; See Emeric v. Alvarado, 64 Cal. 529, 2 Pac 433. … [Read more...] about HEREDERO

A general, leader, or commander ; also a baron of the realm. Du Fresne. … [Read more...] about HERETOCH