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HEORDWERCH

In Saxon law. The service of herdsmen, done at the will of their lord.

HERDEWICH

A grange or place for cattle or husbandry. Mon. Angl. lit. 3.

HERMAPHRODITE

In medical jurisprudence. A person of doubtful or double sex;one possessing, really or apparently, and in more or less developed form, some or all ofthe genital organs of both sexes.Hermaphroditus tarn musculo

HEYLODE

In old records. A customary burden upon inferior tenants, for mending orrepairing hays or hedges.

HILARY RULES

A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the pleadingand practice in the English superior courts of common law, established iu Hilary term,1S34. Stimson.

HIS HONOR

A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the lieutenantgovernorof that commonwealth. Const. Mass. pt. 2, c. 2.

HOCK-TUESDAY MONEY

This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants andbondmen might solemnize tlie day on which the English conquered the Danes, beingthe second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell.

HOLT

Sax. In old English law. A wood or grove. Spelman; Cowell; Co. Litt. 4b.

HORNING

In Scotch law. “Letters of horning” is the name given to a judicial processissuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform hisobligation in terms of

HOUSEHOLDER

The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keepshouse with his family; the head or master of a family. Webster; 18 Johns. 302. Onewho has a household ; the head

HUNDRED-WEIGHT

A denomination of weight containing, according to the Englishsystem, 112 pounds; but in this country, generally, it consists of 100 pounds avoirdupois.

HUSCARLE

In old English law. A house servant or domestic; a man of thehousehold. Spelman.A king’s vassal, thane, or baron; an earl’s man or vassal. A term of frequent occurrencein Domesday Book.

HYPOTHEC

In Scotland, the terra “hypothec” is used to signify the landlord’s rightwhich, independently of any stipulation, he has over the crop and stocking of histenant. It gives a security to the landlord

HABERE FACIAS POSSESSIONEM

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

HACKNEY CARRIAGES

Carriages plying for hire iu the street. The driver is liable fornegligently losing baggage. Mas- terson v. Short, 33 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 4S0.

HAERETICO COMBURENDO

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

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