Category: H

L. Fr. Man; a man.Home ne sera puny pur suer des briefes en court le roy, soit il a droit on a tort.A man shall not be punished for suiug out writs

In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologatesa proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to saythe like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart.

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.

Lat A guest. 8 Coke, 32.

In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in amonastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until aboutthe time of Queen Elizabeth) to

A petty dealer and retailer of small articles of provisions, particularlyfarm and garden produce. Mays v. Cincinnati, 1 Ohio St 272; Lebanon County v. Kline,2 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 622.

In English criminal law. A kind of sledge, on which convicted felons weredrawn to the place of execution.

In old English law. Augury; divination.

In French law. Hypothecation ; a mortgage on real property; theright vested in a creditor by the assignment to him of real estate as security for thepayment of his debt, whether or

Lat. Fit; suitable; active; useful, (of a servant.) Proved; authentic, (of Bookof Saints.) Fixed; stable, (of authority of the king.) Du Cange.

Lat. This is an agreement. Words with which agreementsanciently commenccd.Yearb. II. 6 Edw. II. 191.

A hand-gun of a larger description than the hagne. St 2 & 3 Edw. VI. C.14; 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.

In old English law. A hook ; an engine with which a house on fire is pulleddown. Yel. 00. A piece of land.

In old practice. To remain undetermined. “It has hung long enough ; It istime it were made au end of.” Holt, C. J., 1 Show. 77.Thus, the present participle means pendins; during

The severity with which a proposed construction of the law would bearupon a particular case, founding, sometimes, an argument against such construction,which is otherwise termed the “argument ab inconvenienti.”

Lat. A form of the salutatory expression “Ave,” used in the titles of some ofthe constitutions of the Theodosian and Justinianean codes. See Cod. 7, 62, 9; Id. 9, 2,11.

One who heals or cures ; specifically, one who professes to cure bodilydiseases without medicine or any material means, according to the tenets and practicesof so-called “Christian Science,” whose beliefs and practices,

Toll or customary dues at the hithe or wharf, for landing goods, etc.,from which exemption was granted by the crown to some particular persons andsocieties. Wharton.

In medical jurisprudence. Unilateral paralysis; paralysis of one side ofthe body, commonly due to a lesion in the brain, but sometimes originating from tliespinal cord, as in “Brown-Sequard’s paralysis,” unilateral paralysis with

An officer in the royal house, who goes before and allots the noblemen and those of thehousehold their lodgings; also an innkeeper.