Common Legal Terms terms starting with H

10 terms

1. Habeas Corpus You have the body; a writ used to bring someone before the court.
2. habeas corpus The name of a writ having for its object to bring a person before a court.
3. Habendum Clause in a deed which defines the extent of ownership in the thing granted; begins with the words "To have and to hold."
4. Harmless error An error committed during a trial that was corrected or was not serious enough to affect the outcome of a trial and therefore was not sufficiently harmful…
5. Headnote A brief summary of a legal rule or significant facts in a case, which, along with other headnotes, precedes the printed opinion in reports.
6. Hearing A formal proceeding (generally less formal than a trial) with issues of law or of fact to be heard.
7. hearsay Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay may not be admissible.
8. Hoc With or this.
9. Hostile witness A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the party who calls the person as a witness.
10. Hung jury A jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.