A little hand-gun. St 33 Hen. VIII. c. 6.
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HAGNEBUT
A hand-gun of a larger description than the hagne. St 2 & 3 Edw. VI. C.14; 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.
HAGUE PROTOCOL
A 1955 convention that changed the Warsaw Convention to limit an airline’s liability for carried goods and passengers. It is followed by the US.
HAGUE RULES
A 1922 convention that make the basic obligations for a shipper and ocean carrier regarding goods with a bill of lading . It prevents dissatisfaction and liabilty due to cargo […]
HAGUE-VISBY RULES
The new name for the Hague rules that were changed in 1968. AKA Brussells Protocol of Amendments to the Hague Rules. It increases the limit of liability and containerized cargo.
HAIA
In old English law . A park Inclosed. Cowell.
HAIEBOTE
In old English law . A permission or liuerty to take thorns, etc., to makeor repair hedges. Blount.
HAILE
In Scotch law. Whole; the whole. “All and haill” are common words inconveyances. 1 Bell, App. Cas. 499.
HAILWORKFOLK
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HAIMHALDARE
In old Scotch law . To seek restitution of one’s own goods and gear,and bring the same home again. Skene de Verb. Sign.
HAIMSUCKEN
In Scotch law. The crime of assaulting a person in his own house.Bell.
HAIRCUT
1. cutting excess without losing the main goal. 2. the difference betwen the market and loan advanced based on an asset. Refer to loan asset. 3. the marginbetween the buying […]
HaJC EST FINALIS CONCORDIA
Lat. This is the final agreement. The words with which the foot of a fine commenced. 2Bl. Comm. 351.
HALF
A moiety; one of two equal parts of anything susceptible of division. Prentissv. Brewer, 17 Wis. G44, 8G Am. Dec. 730; Hartford Iron Min. Co. v. Cambridge Min.Co., 80 Mich. […]
HALF COMMISSION MAN
A party that tries to get new clients to buy investments through a firm. They get half the fee as commission.
HALF DUPLEX CONNECTION
A communication when one party can send voice or data and the other party must wait. A band radio is an example of this.
HALF LIFE (T
The time it takes a material to lose half its amount or concentration . It is related to biodegredation.
HALF PENSION RATE
A European term for a room rate with breakfaste only and one extra meal. AKA demi board rate, demi pension rate, half borad rate, or modified american plan . Refer […]
HALF-BLOOD
A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have the same father or the same mother, but not both parents in common
HALF-BROTHERS OR -SISTERS
This term applies to siblings that have the same mother but a different father or the same father but have a different mother.
HALF-PROOF
the proof of one witness or one document that is not enough to decide a case.
HALF-TRUTH
a deceitful act where only part of the truth is told where all of the truth will lead to a different conclusion.
HALF-YEAR CONVENTION
The idea that a new asset is used for half the year. It shows how depreciation , tax earnings, and annual earnings related to taxation.
HALFTONE
Repeating a single tone or image that can have many colors. It creates small dots to get the color printed. Small grids are used to do this. If shade is […]
HALFWAY HOUSE
the name given to a house for people moving back in to society from a jail or other institution .