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Bench.

see inn of court (1)

Board of Green Cloth.

Hist. A group of persons responsible for governing the royal-household staff, esp. in financial matters such as accounting for expenses and paying servants' wages. 0 The Board consisted of the Lord Steward and inferior officers, and its name derived from the green cloth that covered the table used by the Board to conduct its duties. In more ancient times, it kept the peace and main-

H.

abbr. 1. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 2. House report. 3. HOUSE BILL 4. In the citation of English statutes, a king named Henry. 5. In the Year Books, the Hilary term. See YEAR BOOKS. 6. In tax assessments and other such official reports, a house.

H.B.

See house bill under BILL (37

H.C.

abbr. 1. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 2. HABEAS CORPUS.

H.R.

abbr. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

H.R. 10 plan.

See KEOGH PLAN.

Norman French.

A language that was spoken by the Normans and became the official language of English courts after the Norman Conquest in 1066. ( The language deteriorated into Law French and continued to be used until the late 17th century. English became the official language of the courts in 1731.

Wealth.

1. A large quantity of something. 2. The ate of having abundant financial resources; affluence.

accredited investor. An investor treated under the Securities Act of 1933 as being knowledgeable and sophisticated about financial matters, esp. because of the investor's large net worth. 0 In a secur

See REPRESENTATIVE.

administrative search.

See SEARCH.

arresting the suspect. ( Such testimony may be given when an arrest has been made without probable cause, as when illegal substances have been found through an improper search. expert testimony

See expert evidence under EVIDENCE.

big bath.

Slang. A write-off of significant costs, taken to shed an unprofitable business line or to remove the necessity for future write-offs.

bill of health.

Maritime law. A statement certifying the healthy condition of a ship's cargo and crew. 0 The bill is issued by the port authority from which a vessel sails and is shown to the port authority at the ship's destination as proof that the ship's cargo and crew are disease-free. A "clean" bill states that no contagious or infectious diseases were present at the port; a "touched" or "foul" bill states that the named disease was suspected, anticipated, or actually present.

birth.

The complete extrusion of a newborn baby from the mother's body. "For purposes of criminal law - and also for those of property law, e.g. to become a holder of property and so transmit it again to new heirs, or to enable the father to obtain curtesy of his wife's lands - birth consists in extrusion from the mother's body, i.e. in having 'come into the world.' If but a foot be unextricated, there can be no murder, the extrusion must be complete, the whole body of the infant must have been brought into the world. But it is not necessary that the umbilical cord should have been severed. And to be born alive the child must have been still in a living state after having wholly quitted the body of the mother." J.W. Cecil Turner, Kenny's Outlines of Criminal Law 104 (16th ed. 1952).

board of health.

A municipal or state agency charged with protecting the public health.

case at bench.

See case at bar under CASE.

comparative-sales approach.

See MARKET KPPROA('H

flyman frynth.

See FLEMENE FRIT,

g.b.h.

See grievous bodily harm under HARM.

good health. Insurance

A state of reasonable healthiness; a state of health free from serious disease. ( Good health, a phrase often appearing in life-insurance policies, does not mean perfect health. - Also termed sound health.

grass hearth.

Hist. A tenant's customary service, consisting of the tenant's bringing his plow to the lord's land and plowing it for one day.

growth.

The gain, increase, or expansion in val. ue of securities or of a business. growth company. See COMPANY.

hate speech.

See SPEECH.

headborough.

See BORSHOLDER.

health.

1. The state of being sound or whole in body, mind, or soul. 2. Freedom from pain or sickness.

holder in good faith.

One who takes property or an instrument without knowledge of any defect in its title.

illegal search.

See unreasonable search under SEARCH.

inquisition after death.

See INQUEST (1).

p.h.v

abbr. PRO HAC VICE.

pauper's oath.

An affidavit or verification of poverty by a person requesting public funds or services. See poverty affidavit under AFFIDAVIT; IN FORMA PAUPERIS.

promissory oath.

An oath that binds the party to observe a specified course of conduct in the future. ( Both the oath of office and the oath of allegiance are types of promissory oaths.

right of visitation and search.

See RIGHT OF SEARCH.

seditious speech.