H.abbr. 1. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES(3). 2. House report. 3. See house bill under BILL(3). 4. In the citation of English statutes, a king named Henry. 5. In the Year Books, the Hilary term. See YEAR BOOKS; HILARY SITTINGS. 6. In tax assessments and other such official reports, a house.
McNaghten rules (mik-nawt-[schwa]n).Criminal law. The doctrine that a person is not criminally responsible for an act when a mental disability prevented the person from knowing either the nature and quality of the act or whether the act was right or wrong. • The federal courts and most states have adopted this test in some form.
gap report. In the making of federal court rules, a report that explains any changes made by an advisory com-mittee in the language of a proposed amendment to a procedural rule after its publication for comment. • Before advisory committees began issuing gap reports in the early 1980s, there were complaints that the public record
parking. 1. The sale of securities subject to an agreement that the seller will buy them back at a later time for a similar price. • Parking is illegal if done to circumvent securities regulations or tax laws. It is often a method of evading the net-capital requirements of the National Association of Securities Dealers
inquest. 1. An inquiry by a coroner or medical examiner, sometimes with the aid of a jury, into the manner of death of a person who has died under suspicious circumstances, or who has died in prison. — Also termed coroner’s inquest; inquisition after death. [Cases: Coroners 9; Homicide 1110. C.J.S. Coroners and Medical Examiners
prout de lege (proh-[schwa]t dee [or di] lee-jee). [Law Latin] According to law. • Proof prout de lege is proof by any legal means, as distinct from proof limited to writing. — Also termed prout de jure (proh-[schwa]t dee [or di] joor-ee). “A proof prout de jure is a proof by all the legal means
assassination, n. The act of deliberately killing someone, esp. a public figure, usu. for hire or for political reasons. — assassinate, vb. — assassin, n.
reinsurance treaty. A contract of reinsurance (usu. long-term) covering different classes or lines of business of the reinsured (such as professional liability, property, etc.) and obligating the reinsurer in advance to accept the cession of covered risks. • Rather than receive individual notice of each specific claim covered, the treaty reinsurer will generally receive periodic
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re-up, vb. 1. To reenlist in one of the armed forces (the soldier re-upped the day after being discharged). [Cases: Armed Services 18. C.J.S. Armed Services §§ 43, 45–46.] 2. To sign an extension to a contract, esp. an employment agreement (the star athlete re-upped in a three-year deal worth $12 million).
intent to publish. Defamation. The intent to communicate (defamatory words, etc.) to a third person or with knowledge that the communication will probably reach third persons. See PUBLISH(2).