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Hit and Run

When a motorist involved in an accident flees the scene.

HOMOSEXUAL

This term applies to a person who is attracted to people of the same sex.

HYPOTHETICAL QUESTIONS

These are some of the questions asked of witnesses in trials that are based on assumed facts or a theory.

HALFWAY HOUSE

the name given to a house for people moving back in to society from a jail or other institution.

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.

HOME PORT DOCTRINE

a rule used in maritime terms when the cargo of a ship is only subject to tax in its home port.

HANDWRITING EXPERT

a person who is trained in handwriting analysis to determine if the writing is from the person it supposed to be from.

HOMICIDAL MANIA

a mental illness where a person has the irrational desire to kill someone.

HARD CASES

This term is applied to cases where a fair decision can only be reached by a liberal interpretation of the laws.

HEIR TESTAMENTARY

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

HABITUAL

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

HIJACKING

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

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.

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