High Court: Court above the Circuit Court with full jurisdiction to decide all matters of law and fact. High Court judges – male and female – are normally addressed as “My Lord”.
Horizontal technical competence
Referring to conformity assessment tasks carried out by Notified Bodies covering all Medical Devices harmonisation legislation (Directive 90/385/EEC, Directive 93/42/EEC, Directive 98/79/EC)
Hypersensitive
An extreme physical response to particular substances or environments.