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A measure of weight in use in Wales, equal to 108 pounds, being made upof four Welsh pecks of 42 pounds each. Hughes v. Humphreys, 20 Eng. L. & Eq. 132.

A religious festival; a day set apart for commemorating some importantevent in history; a day of exemption from labor. Webster. A day upon which the usualoperations of business are suspended and the

Lat. Homicide, (q. v.)Homicidium ex justitia, homicide in the administration of justice, or in the executionof the sentence of the law.Homicidium ex necessitate, homicide from Inevitable necessity, as for the protectionof one’s

v. To accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, atmaturity and according to its tenor. Peterson v. Hubbard, 28 Mich. 199; Clarke v. Cock,4 East,

In old records. Barley. Hordcum palmale, beer barley, as distinguishedfrom common barley, which was called “hordeum quadragesimale.” Blount.

A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallachia.

1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men.”House” means, presumptively, a dwelling- house ; a building divided into floors andapartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors

In old records. A hulk or small vessel. Cowell.

“A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of “”wife.””Etymologically, the word signified the “”house bond;”” the man who, according toSaxon ideas and institutions, held around him the

In medical jurisprudence. A psychic or mental state rendering the patientsusceptible to suggestion at the will of another.The hypnotic state is an abnormal condition of the mind and senses, in the nature

Those who, having been thought dead, had, after a long absencein foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having been thoughtdead in battle, had afterwards unexpectedly escaped from their enemies and

Lat. (You have the body.) The name given to a variety of writs,(of which these were anciently the emphatic words,) having for their object to bring aparty before a court or judge.

By statute in several states, one who is convicted of a felony,having been previously convicted of any crime (or twice so convicted), or who isconvicted of a misdemeanor aud has previously (in

Lat. Iu old English law. A seeker of an inheritance; lience, the nextheir to lands.Haeredipetse suo propinquo vel e:itra- neo periculoso sane custodi nullus committatur.To the next heir, whether a relation or

A synonym for lynch law, or the summary (and unauthorized) trial ofa person accused of crime and the infliction of death upon him; from the name of theparish of Halifax, in England,

In Saxon law. The right of security and privacy in a man’s house. DuCange. The breach of this privilege by a forcible entry of a house is breach of thepeace. Du Cange.

To catch. Thus, “hap the rent,” “hap the deed-poll,” were formerly used.

In maritime law. Primage; a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship.

1. In old English law. Anunlawful game at dice, those who play at it being called “hazardors.” Jacob.2. In modern law. Any game of chance or wagering. Cheek v. Com., 100 Ky.

In criminal law. A state of violent and uncontrollable rage engendered by a blow or certain other provocation given, which will reduce a homicidefrom the grade of murder to that of manslaughter.