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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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