Category: H

Lawful coined money. Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 523, 536.

L Fr. High street; highway. Yearb. P. 11 Hen. VI. 2.

In Saxon law. A court-baron; an ecclesiastical court.

An engine to take fish In the river Ouse. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 18.

Thatch or straw; a covering for the head in war; a coat of arms bearing acrest; the tiller or handle of the rudder of a ship.

In English law. An easement or liberty, which consists in the right topasture cattle on another’s ground.Feed for cattle in fields and pastures. Bract, fol. 222; Co. Litt. 40: Shep. Touch. 07.A

In Spanish law. A piece of land under cultivation; a cultivated farm, realestate; an inheritance or heirship.

In Scotch law. A gift or present made or left by a tenant to his lord as atoken of reverence. Skene.

A heron. Cowell.

In Spanish law. A noble; a person entitled to the rights of nobility. By hidalgos are understood men chosen from good situations in life, (de buenos lugures,) and possessed of property, (algo.)

In old English law. A husbandry servant.

Sax.A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 30.

A hog or swine. Cowell.

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosenby the parties to a suit. Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify ina suit

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; toconfess. Calvin.

n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 46.

The directing power of the military forces of the kingdom of GreatBritain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at thehead of this department. It is subordinate to the

In the law of nations. A state of open war. “At the breaking out of hostility.” 1 Kent, Comm. 00.Au act of open war. “When hostilities have commenced.” Id. 50.A hostile character.

The master or captain of a hoy.

A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.