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Hit and Run

When a motorist involved in an accident flees the scene.

HATCH ACT

A law that prohibits a person employed in an executive government position from engaging in campaigns to elect candidates for public office.

HEIR APPARENT

This term is given to a person who mis certain to inherit the estate of a relative.

HALF-PROOF

the proof of one witness or one document that is not enough to decide a case.

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.

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