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Honesty
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HonestyThat principle which requires us to give every one his due. Nul ne doit slenrichir aux de ens du droit d'autrui. The very object of social order is to promote honesty, and to restrain dishonesty; to do justice and to prevent injustice. It is no less a maxim of law than of religion, do unto others as you wish to be done by.
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Due
What ought to be paid; what may be demanded.
Droit
A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word law.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Honesty
That principle which requires us to give every one his due. Nul ne doit slenrichir aux de ens du droit d'autrui. The very object of social order is to promote honesty, and to restrain dishonesty; to do justice and to prevent injustice. It is no less a maxim of law than of religion, do unto others as you wish to be done by.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Injustice
That which is opposed to justice.
Maxim
An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant With reason.
Religion
Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Honeywell asbestos lawsuit
An asbestos lawsuit against Honeywell for mesothelioma injuries.
Honeywell asbestos lawyer
A lawyer representing Honeywell.
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Homine capto in withernam
English law. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff, and commanding him to take one who has taken any bondsman, and conveyed him out of the country, so that he cannot be replevied.
Homine eligendo
English law. The name of a writ directed to a corporation, requiring the members to make choice of a new man, to keep the one part of a seal appointed for statutes merchant.
Homine replegiando
When a man is unlawfully in custody, he may be restored to his liberty by writ de hominereplegiando, upon giving bail; or by a writ of habeas, corpus, which is the more usual remedy.
Homo
This Latin word, in its most enlarged sense, includes both man and woman.
Homologation
Civil law. Approbation, confirmation by a court of justice, a judgment which orders the execution of some act; as, the approbation of an award, and ordering execution on the same.
Honesty
Honor
1) High estimation. A testimony of high estimation. Dignity. Reputation. Dignified respect of character springing from probity, principle, or moral rectitude. A duel is not justified by any insult to our honor. Honor is also employed to signify integrity in a judge, courage in a soldier, and chastity in a woman. To deprive a woman of her honor is, in some cases, punished as a public wrong, and by an action for the recovery of damages done to the relative rights of a hushand or a father. 2) English law. The seigniory of a lord paramount.
Honorarium
Recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. It is said this honorarium is purely voluntary, and differs from a fee, which may be recovered by action
Hors de son fee
Pleading in the ancient English law. These words signify out of his fee. A plea which was pleaded, when a person who pretended to be the lord, brought an action for rent services, as issuing out of his land: because if the defendant could prove the land was out of his fee, the action failed.
Horse
Until a horse has attained the age of four years, he is called a colt. This word is sometimes used as a generic name for all animals of the horse kind
Horton's key
A quay near London Bridge in Southwark during the Middle Ages. The Admiralty Court sat in a building on Horton's quay and at the Church St. Margaret-at-Hill nearby prior to the Great Fire of 1666, following which the Court moved to Doctors' Commons.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Due
What ought to be paid; what may be demanded.
Droit
A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to our word law.
Order
An instruction rightfully given by someone superior in hyerarchy. Also, a social state of civil coexistance without widespread public violence.
Honesty
That principle which requires us to give every one his due. Nul ne doit slenrichir aux de ens du droit d'autrui. The very object of social order is to promote honesty, and to restrain dishonesty; to do justice and to prevent injustice. It is no less a maxim of law than of religion, do unto others as you wish to be done by.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Injustice
That which is opposed to justice.
Maxim
An established principle or proposition. A principle of law universally admitted, as being just and consonant With reason.
Religion
Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Honeywell asbestos lawsuit
An asbestos lawsuit against Honeywell for mesothelioma injuries.
Honeywell asbestos lawyer
A lawyer representing Honeywell.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Homine capto in withernam
English law. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff, and commanding him to take one who has taken any bondsman, and conveyed him out of the country, so that he cannot be replevied.
Homine eligendo
English law. The name of a writ directed to a corporation, requiring the members to make choice of a new man, to keep the one part of a seal appointed for statutes merchant.
Homine replegiando
When a man is unlawfully in custody, he may be restored to his liberty by writ de hominereplegiando, upon giving bail; or by a writ of habeas, corpus, which is the more usual remedy.
Homo
This Latin word, in its most enlarged sense, includes both man and woman.
Homologation
Civil law. Approbation, confirmation by a court of justice, a judgment which orders the execution of some act; as, the approbation of an award, and ordering execution on the same.
Honesty
Honor
1) High estimation. A testimony of high estimation. Dignity. Reputation. Dignified respect of character springing from probity, principle, or moral rectitude. A duel is not justified by any insult to our honor. Honor is also employed to signify integrity in a judge, courage in a soldier, and chastity in a woman. To deprive a woman of her honor is, in some cases, punished as a public wrong, and by an action for the recovery of damages done to the relative rights of a hushand or a father. 2) English law. The seigniory of a lord paramount.
Honorarium
Recompense for services rendered. It is usually applied only to the recompense given to persons whose business is connected with science; as the fee paid to counsel. It is said this honorarium is purely voluntary, and differs from a fee, which may be recovered by action
Hors de son fee
Pleading in the ancient English law. These words signify out of his fee. A plea which was pleaded, when a person who pretended to be the lord, brought an action for rent services, as issuing out of his land: because if the defendant could prove the land was out of his fee, the action failed.
Horse
Until a horse has attained the age of four years, he is called a colt. This word is sometimes used as a generic name for all animals of the horse kind
Horton's key
A quay near London Bridge in Southwark during the Middle Ages. The Admiralty Court sat in a building on Horton's quay and at the Church St. Margaret-at-Hill nearby prior to the Great Fire of 1666, following which the Court moved to Doctors' Commons.
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