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Habit
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HabitA disposition or condition of the body or mind acquired by custom or a frequent repetition of the same act.
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Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Condition
Persons. The situation in civil society which creates certain relations between the individual, to whom it is applied, and one or more others, from which mutual rights and obligations arise.
Body
A person.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Repetition
1) Construction of wills. A repetition takes place when the same testator, by the same testamentary instrument, gives to the same legatee legacies of equal amount and of the same kind; in such case the latter is considered a repetition of the former, and the legatee is entitled to one only. 2) Civil law. The act by which a person demands and seeks to recover what he has paid by mistake, or delivered on a condition which has not been performed 3) Scotch law. The act of reading over a witness deposition, in order that he may adhere to it, or correct it at his choice. The same as Recolement.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
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Habilis
Having: Capable, suitable. By the canon law, if the parties are habiles ad matrimonium, it is a good mariage, whatever their ages.
Habitancy
Embraces the fact of residence at a place, together with the intent to regard it and make it a home.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Habitual drunkard
A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it.
Habitual offender
The habitual criminal designation is not a separate crime but augments the punishment for second or subsequent felonies.
Habitual residence
The place where a person resides 'as of habit '- or permanently, for the purposes of the law.
Habitually
Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so frequently, as to show a design of repeating the same act.
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Habere facias possessionem
Practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution in the action of ejectment.The sheriff, is commanded by this writ that, without delay, he cause the plaintiff to have possession of the land in dispute which is therein described;
Habere facias seisinam
Practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution, used in most real actions, by which the sheriff is directed that he cause the demandant to have seisin of the lands which he has recovered. This writ may be taken out at any time within a year and day after judgment. It is to be executed nearly in the same manner as the writ of habere facias possessionem, and, for this purpose, the officer may break open the outer door of a house to deliver seisin to the demandant.
Habere facias soisinam
That you cause to have seizin.
Habere facias visum
Practice. The name of a writ which lies when a view is to be taken of lands and tenements.
Habilis
Having: Capable, suitable. By the canon law, if the parties are habiles ad matrimonium, it is a good mariage, whatever their ages.
Habit
Habitancy
Embraces the fact of residence at a place, together with the intent to regard it and make it a home.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Habitual drunkard
A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it.
Habitual residence
The place where a person resides 'as of habit '- or permanently, for the purposes of the law.
Habitually
Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so frequently, as to show a design of repeating the same act.
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Disposition
French law. This word has several accept-ations; sometimes it signifies the effective marks of the will of some person; and at others the instrument containing those marks.
Condition
Persons. The situation in civil society which creates certain relations between the individual, to whom it is applied, and one or more others, from which mutual rights and obligations arise.
Body
A person.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Repetition
1) Construction of wills. A repetition takes place when the same testator, by the same testamentary instrument, gives to the same legatee legacies of equal amount and of the same kind; in such case the latter is considered a repetition of the former, and the legatee is entitled to one only. 2) Civil law. The act by which a person demands and seeks to recover what he has paid by mistake, or delivered on a condition which has not been performed 3) Scotch law. The act of reading over a witness deposition, in order that he may adhere to it, or correct it at his choice. The same as Recolement.
Act
1) Civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. 2) Evidence. The act of one of several conspirators, performed inpursuance of the common design, is evidence against all of them.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Habilis
Having: Capable, suitable. By the canon law, if the parties are habiles ad matrimonium, it is a good mariage, whatever their ages.
Habitancy
Embraces the fact of residence at a place, together with the intent to regard it and make it a home.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Habitual drunkard
A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it.
Habitual offender
The habitual criminal designation is not a separate crime but augments the punishment for second or subsequent felonies.
Habitual residence
The place where a person resides 'as of habit '- or permanently, for the purposes of the law.
Habitually
Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so frequently, as to show a design of repeating the same act.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Habere facias possessionem
Practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution in the action of ejectment.The sheriff, is commanded by this writ that, without delay, he cause the plaintiff to have possession of the land in dispute which is therein described;
Habere facias seisinam
Practice, remedies. The name of a writ of execution, used in most real actions, by which the sheriff is directed that he cause the demandant to have seisin of the lands which he has recovered. This writ may be taken out at any time within a year and day after judgment. It is to be executed nearly in the same manner as the writ of habere facias possessionem, and, for this purpose, the officer may break open the outer door of a house to deliver seisin to the demandant.
Habere facias soisinam
That you cause to have seizin.
Habere facias visum
Practice. The name of a writ which lies when a view is to be taken of lands and tenements.
Habilis
Having: Capable, suitable. By the canon law, if the parties are habiles ad matrimonium, it is a good mariage, whatever their ages.
Habit
Habitancy
Embraces the fact of residence at a place, together with the intent to regard it and make it a home.
Habitation
1) Civil law. It was the right of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. 2) Estates. A dwelling-house, a home-stall.
Habitual drunkard
A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicating drink, who has lost the power or the will, by frequent indulgence, to control his appetite for it.
Habitual residence
The place where a person resides 'as of habit '- or permanently, for the purposes of the law.
Habitually
Customarily, by habit. or frequent use or practice, or so frequently, as to show a design of repeating the same act.
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