Category: H

The art, office, or science of heralds. Also an old and obsolete abuse ofbuying and selling precedence in the paper of causes for hearing.

In old English law. A proclamation summoning the army into the field.A mulct or fine for not joining the army when summoned. Spelman.A tax or tribute for the support of the army.

This word simply denotes time past, in distinction from time presentor time future, and has no definite and precise signification beyond this. Andrews v.Thayer, 40 Conn. 157.

See CODEX HEBMOQENIANUS.

HIDAGE. An extraordinary tax formerly payable to the crown for every hide of land. Thistaxation was levied, not in money, but provision of armor, etc. Cowell.

To hinder and delay is to do something which is au attempt todefraud, rather than a successful fraud; to put some obstacle in the path, or interposesome time, unjustifiably, before the creditor

In old English law. A hide of land.

In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a hoio. Grcne lioya,Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman.

One who does or is bound to do homage. Cowell.

Lat. A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; aretainer, dependent, or servant.

Land plowed and sown every year.

In old English law. A service or corvee, consisting in watching thehorses of the lord. Anc. Inst. Eng.

A place or room in religious houses used for the reception of guests and strangers.

In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt. 56.

The presiding officer in the hundred court Anc. Inst. Eng.

A colloquial expression to designate a bribe to hinder information;pay to secure silence.

The name of an action allowed under the civil law for theenforcement of the claims of a creditor by the contract of hypotheca. Lovell v. Cragin,336 U. S. 130, 10 Sup. Ct

A cloth of a mixed color. Magna Charta, c. 26.

In old English law. Hatred; ill will; prejudice, or partiality. Spelman; Cowell.

A hedge. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 273.