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Habeas Corpus:
A writ commanding that a person be brought before a
judge. Most commonly, a writ of habeas corpus is a
legal document that forces law enforcement
authorities to produce a prisoner they are holding
and to legally justify his or her confinement.
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.
Health Maintenance
Organization (HMO): A type of managed health
care system that contracts with medical facilities,
physicians, employers, and sometimes individuals to
provide medical care to a group of people known as
"members." Generally, members of HMOs
don't have any significant "out-of-pocket"
expenses because the medical care is most often paid
for by an employer at a fixed price per patient.
Hearing: A
proceeding usually without a jury.
Hearsay:
Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the
incident in question but heard about it from someone
else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence
in court.
Hemorrhagic
Stroke: Occurs when an artery in the brain tears
or bursts, causing blood to spill out.
HMO Negligence:
Generally, a type of medical malpractice that can be
defined as the carelessness of an HMO, acting
through its physicians, in making treatment
decisions for a member that results in injury to
that member.
Homeowner's
Insurance: Policy that insures individuals
against any, some, or all of the risks of loss to
personal dwellings or the contents of personal
dwellings or the personal liability pertaining to
personal dwellings.
Hostile Witness:
A witness whose testimony is not favorable to the
party who calls him or her as a witness. A hostile
witness may be asked leading questions and may be
cross-examined by the party who calls him or her to
the stand.
Hung Jury: A
jury whose members cannot agree upon a verdict.
Hurt on the Job:
In order to establish a right to workers'
compensation benefits, there must be an employment
relationship during which an accident or an injury
arises in the course of employment and is related
thereto, and includes aggravation, reactivation,
acceleration or death resulting from the injury.
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