Category: H

When a motorist involved in an accident flees the scene.

the name given to the federal agency that deals with housing.

the name given to the person who has been left money or property by another person in a will.

a word that means a thing is usual and customary and is repeated. It also applies to bah habits such as drunkenness.

This term applies to stealing something while it in transit, including planes, cars, trucks and merchandise in them.

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

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.

This means to damage, injure or hurt.

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

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

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

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

This term applies to the blameless killing of a person, such as in self-defense.

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

a slang term meaning to cheat or to swindle.

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.

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

the term used when a person hides another person wanted by the law.

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

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