  The hull of a linear code (i.e., a finite field vector space)~\({\mathcal
C}\) is defined to be the vector space formed by the intersection
of~\({\mathcal C}\) with its dual~\({\mathcal C}^{\perp}.\) Constructing vector
spaces with a specified hull dimension has important applications and it is
therefore of interest to study minimum distance properties of such spaces. In
this paper, we use the probabilistic method to obtain spaces with a given hull
dimension and minimum distance and also derive Gilbert-Varshamov type
sufficient conditions for their existence.
