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Hard labor
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Hard laborPunishment. In those states where the penitentiary system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned, as part of their punishment, are sentenced to perform hard labor. This labor is not greater than many freemen perform voluntarily, and the quantity required to be performed is not at all unreasonable. In the penitentiaries of Pennsylvania it consists in being employed in weaving, shoemaking, and such like employments.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
Quantity
Pleading. That which is susceptible of measure.
Pennsylvania
The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. granted a charter to William Penn, by which he became its proprietary, saving, however, allegiance to the crown, which retained the sovereignty of the country.
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
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Hard time
In the US penitentiary slang, serving a sentence the difficult way.
Hardship
The inability of a parent to support his or her children because of a financial strain.
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Hanging
Punishment. Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, condemned to suffer death, by the neck, until life is extinct. A mode of capital punishment.
Hangman
The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner.
Hap
An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll."
Harassment
Unsolicited words or conduct which tend to annoy, alarm or abuse another person. An excellent alternate definition can be found in Canadian human rights legislation as: "a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome." Name-calling ("stupid", "retard" or "dummy") is a common form of harassment. (See also sexual harassment.)
Harbor
A place where ships may ride with safety; any navigable water protected by the surrounding country; a haven.It is public property.
Hard labor
Hardship
The inability of a parent to support his or her children because of a financial strain.
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 (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
Hart
stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete.
Hat money
Maritime law. The name of a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship, usually called primage.
Haven
Place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety.
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Punishment
Criminal law. Some pain or penalty warranted by law, inflicted on a person, for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor, or for the omission of the performance of an act required by law, by the judgment and command of some lawful court.
States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Penitentiary
A prison for the punishment of convicts.
Labor
Continued operation; work.
Quantity
Pleading. That which is susceptible of measure.
Pennsylvania
The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. Pennsylvania was occupied by planters of various nations, Dutch Swedes, English, and others; but obtained no separate name until the year 1681, when Charles II. granted a charter to William Penn, by which he became its proprietary, saving, however, allegiance to the crown, which retained the sovereignty of the country.
Employed
One who is in the service of another. Such a person is entitled to rights and liable to.perform certain duties.
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Hard time
In the US penitentiary slang, serving a sentence the difficult way.
Hardship
The inability of a parent to support his or her children because of a financial strain.
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Hanging
Punishment. Death by the halter, or the suspending of a criminal, condemned to suffer death, by the neck, until life is extinct. A mode of capital punishment.
Hangman
The name usually given to a man employed by the sheriff to put a man to death, according to law, in pursuance of a judgment of a competent court, and lawful warrant. The same as executioner.
Hap
An old word which signifies to catch; as, "to hap the rent," to hap the deed poll."
Harassment
Unsolicited words or conduct which tend to annoy, alarm or abuse another person. An excellent alternate definition can be found in Canadian human rights legislation as: "a course of vexatious comment or conduct that is known or ought reasonably to be known to be unwelcome." Name-calling ("stupid", "retard" or "dummy") is a common form of harassment. (See also sexual harassment.)
Harbor
A place where ships may ride with safety; any navigable water protected by the surrounding country; a haven.It is public property.
Hard labor
Hardship
The inability of a parent to support his or her children because of a financial strain.
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 (prejudicial) to be reversed on appeal.
Hart
stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete.
Hat money
Maritime law. The name of a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship, usually called primage.
Haven
Place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety.
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