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HERES

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Heir; an heir. A form of hceres. very common in the civil law. See HAERES. … [Read more...]

HERISLIT

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Laying down of arms. Blount Desertion from the army. Spelman. … [Read more...]

HERESCHIP

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In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt 2, pp. 26, 89. … [Read more...]

HERISTAL

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The station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched. Spelman. … [Read more...]

HEMIPLEGIA

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In medical jurisprudence. Unilateral paralysis; paralysis of one side of the body, commonly due to a lesion in the brain, but sometimes originating from the spinal cord, as in "Brown-Sequard's paralysis," unilateral paralysis with crossed anceatheaia. In the cerebral form, the hemiplegia is sometimes "alternate" or crossed, that is, occurring on the opposite side of the body … [Read more...]

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