HONCHO
A phrase that refers to a leader in a company.
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A phrase that refers to a leader in a company.
When reinsures assume their share of a loss. This is also called vertical layering or excess layer.
A policy giving coverage fir the inpatient stays and the expenses of the tests during the stay. It is also for emergency care and surgery.
Lat. That you cause to have possession. The name of the process commonly resorted toby the successful party in an action of ejectment, for the purpose of being placed bythe sheriff in
Carriages plying for hire iu the street. The driver is liable fornegligently losing baggage. Mas- terson v. Short, 33 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 4S0.
The statute 2 lien. IV. c. 15, de hwretico comburendo,was the first penal law enacted againstheresy, and imposed the penalty of death by burning against all heretics who relapsedor who refused to
In Saxon law. Hali- gemot, (q. v.)
Money paid in hand to bind a bargain; earnest money.
In England, an officer of the royal household.
In old English law. Hatred. I-eg. Wm. I. c. 16; Blount.
A syllabus to a reported case: a summary of the points decided in thecase, which is placed at the head or beginning of the report.
A device for catching fish in ebbing water. St. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 5.
The quality or condition of being heir, or the relation between the heirand his ancestor.
A government exercised by seven persons or a nation divided into seven governments. In the year 500, seven different monarchies had been formed in England by the German tribes, namely, that of
Herdsmen’s work, or customary labor, done by shepherds and inferior tenants, at thewill of the lord. Cowell.
In English law. An offense against religion, consisting not in a total denialof Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed. 4Bl. Comm. 44, 45. An opinion on
The science or art of construction and interpretation. By thephrase “legal hermeneutics” is understood the systematic body of rules which arerecognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings.
A hay-net; a net forcatching conies. Cowell.
In English law. A term of court, begining on the 11th and ending onthe 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which beginJanuary 11th, and end on the
Lat. These being witnesses. The attestation clause in old deeds andcharters.