Category: H

In Sicilian and Neapolitan law. That which is held by hereditaryright; the same with hercditamcntum (hereditament) in English law. Spelmau.

In old English law. A sort of garment. Cowell.

L. Fr. A herald.

In old English law. A measure of land, being as much as could be worked withone plow. It is variously estimated at from CO to 100 acres, but was probably determinedby local

In Spanish law. A mortgage of real property.

Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one’s lord, (proditiodomini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301.

A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixtythreegallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing fromone hundred to one hundred and forty gallons.

See HAMESOKEN.

In the civil law. Approbation ; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act. Merl. Rupert The term is also used in Louisiana. Hecker v.

Lat Au hour; the hour.

A great chamberlain.

In old English law. This was a test, in cases of accusation, byhot water; the party accused and suspected being appointed by the judge to put hisarms up to the elbows iu

In old pleading. Hitherto. 2 Mod. 24.

A storm of great violence or intensity, of which the particularcharacteristic is the high velocity of the wind. There is naturally no exact measure todistinguish between an ordinary storm and a hurricane,

In old English law. The season for sowing winter grain, betweenMichaelmas and Christmas. The land on which such grain was sown. The grain itself ;winter grain or winter corn. Cowell.

A supposition, assumption, or theory; a theory set up by the prosecution,on a criminal trial, or by the defense, as an explanation of the facts in evidence,and a ground for inferring guilt

A disposition or condition of the body or mind acquired by custom or a usualrepetition of the same act or function. Knickerbocker L. Ins. Co. v. Foley, 105 U. S. 354,26 L.

Lat. This is the final agreement. The words with which the foot of a fine commenced. 2Bl. Comm. 351.

In old English law. A park Inclosed. Cowell.

In forest law. The hox- ing or hock-sinewing of dogs; an old mode oflaming or disabling dogs. Termes de la Ley.