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HEIR TESTAMENTARY

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A person who is left money pursuant to a will, as opposed to a natural heir or heir presumptive. … [Read more...]

HEDAGIUM

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Toll or customary dues at the hithe or wharf, for landing goods, etc., from which exemption was granted by the crown to some particular persons and societies. Wharton. … [Read more...]

HEIRDOM

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Succession by inheritance. … [Read more...]

HEDGE

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To balance something by using counterbalancing measures. A hedge fund, a group of investors which use hedge techniques to generate profits. … [Read more...]

HEDGE-BOTE

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An allowance of wood for repairing hedges or fences, which a tenant or lessee has a right to take off the land let or demised to him. 2 Bl. Comm. 35. … [Read more...]

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