To HARBOR, torts. To receive clandestinely1 or without lawful2 authority a person for the purpose of so concealing3 him that another having a right to the lawful custody4 of such person, shall be deprived of the same; for example, the harboring of a wife or an apprentice5, in order to deprive the hushand or the master of them; or in a less technical sense, it is the reception of persons improperly6. 10 N. H. Rep. 247; 4 Scam. 498.
2. The harboring of such persons will subject the barborer to an, action for the injury; but in order to put him completely in the wrong, a demand should be made for their restoration, for in cases where the harborer has not committed any other wrong than merely receiving the plaintiff's wife, child, or apprentice, he may be under no obligation to return them without a demand. 1 Chit. Pr. 564; Dane's Ab. Index, h. t.; 2 N. Car. Law Repos.249; 5 How. U. S. Rep. 215, 227.
HARD LABOR7, punishment. In those states where the penitentiary8 system has been adopted, convicts who are to be imprisoned9, 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 unreasonable10. In the penitentiaries11 of Pennsylvania it consists in being employed in weaving, shoemaking, and such like employments.
HART. A stag or male deer of the forest five years old complete.
HAT MONEY, mar12. law. The name of a small duty paid to the captain and mariners13 of a ship, usually called primage. (q. v.)
TO HAVE. These words are used in deeds for the conveyance14 of land, in that clause which usually declared for what estate the land is granted. The same as Habendum. (q. v.) Vide Habendum; Tenendum.
HAVEN15. A place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated16, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel17 may ride at anchor in it in safety. Hale, de Port. Mar. c. 2; 2 Chit. Com. Law, 2; 15 East, R. 304, 5. Vide Creek18; Port; Road.
HAWKERS. Persons going from place to place with goods and merchandise for sale. To prevent impositions they are generally required to take out licenses19, under regulations established by the local laws of the states.
HAZARDOUS20 CONTRACT, civil law. When the performance of that which is one of its objects, depends on an uncertain event, the contract is said to be hazardous. Civ. Co. of Lo. art. 1769 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 707.
2. When a contract is hazardous, and the lender may lose all or some part of his principal, it is lawful for him to charge more than lawful interest for the use of his money. Bac. Ab. Usury21 D; 1 J. J. Marsh22, 596; 3 J. J. Marsh, 84.
HEAD BOROUGH23, English law. Formerly24 he was a chief officer of a borough, but now he is an officer subordinate to constable25. St. Armand, Hist. Essay on the Legisl. Power of Eng. 88.
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