HAP

To catch. Thus, "hap the rent," "hap the deed-poll," were formerly used. HAPPINESS, The constitutional right of men to p_ursue their "happine " means the right to pursue any lawful busine or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with the equal rights of others, which may increase their prosperity, or develop their faculties, so as to give to them their highest enjoyment. Butchers' Union Co. v. Crescent City Co., 111 U. S. 757, 4 Sup. Ct. 652, 28 L. Ed. 585; 1 BI. Comm. 4l. And see English v. English, 32 N. J. Eq. 750. HAQUE, In old statutes. A hand-gun, abotit three-quarters of a yard long. ELLAW DrCT.(2D Eo.)-36 [s. 567]