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Hit and Run

When a motorist involved in an accident flees the scene.

HOUSE OF ASSIGNATION

the term used to describe a house of prostitution. Also known as a bawdy house, house of ill-repute.

HEIR PRESUMPTIVE

This term applies to the person who would be heir now but if another person is born who is more closely related he wouldn’t be heir.

HARM

This means to damage, injure or hurt.

HABENDUM CLAUSE

the name given to a clause in a deed that describes the estate that is to be granted.

HONORABLE DISCHARGE

document that releases a person from serving in the armed services who conducted himself well.

HOLDUP

This term applies to a robbery that involves a weapon of some kind.

HEIR AT LAW

a phrase with the same meaning as the heir and is recognised by the law.

HARMONIZE EVIDENCE

The instruction given to a jury that urges it to weight all of the evidence to determine its validity.

HARBORING AN ALIEN

This phrase applies to a person who aids or hides a foreigner in the US who has not got a legal right to be in the country.

HYMEN

This term describes the piece of membrane that covers the entrance to the vagina that is found in virgins. See maidenhead.

HOLD HARMLESS

a term that denotes “no responsibility” where a person is excused form obligation and liability.

HAERIDITAS TESTAMENTARIA

This a Latin phrase to do with inheriting an estate as written in a will and testament of the person who has died.

HELD IN TRUST

A term used to describe property held by a person who is not the owner but who is a trustee or an agent. TLD Example: The parties to the contract agreed to

HEEDLESS ACT

This term applies to an act that is carried out with no regard to the safety and welfare of other people.

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