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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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