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HORNGEED

Sax. In old English law. A tax within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cowell; Blount

HOSTELAGIUM

In old records. A right to receive lodging and entertainment,anciently reserved by lords in the houses of their tenants. Cowell.

HOUSEHOLD

A family living together. May v. Smith, 48 Ala. 4S8; Woodward v.Murray, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 402; Arthur v. Morgan, 112 U. S. 495, 5 Sup. Ct. 241, 28 L.Ed. 825. Those

HUNDRED

Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprisedan indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten tit kings, orgroups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was

HUSBREC

In Saxon law. The crime of housebreaking or burglary. Crabb, Eng. Law, 50, 30S.

HYPOSTASIS

In medical jurisprudence. (1) The morbid deposition of a sediment of any kind in the body. (2) A congestion or flushing of the blood vessels, as in varicose veins. Post-mortem hypostasis, a

HACIENDA

In Spanish law. The public domain; the royal estate; the aggregatewealth of the state. The science of administering the national wealth; public economy.Also au estate or farm belonging to a private person.

HAEBRETARE

In old English law. To give a right of inheritance, or make the donationhereditary to the grantee and his heirs. Cowell.

HALLAZCO

In Spanish law. The finding and taking possession of something whichpreviously had no owner, and which thus becomes the property of the first occupant.Las Partidas, 3, 5, 28; 5, 48, 49; 5,

HABACrUM

In old English law. A race of horses aud mares kept for breed; a stud. Spelman.

HAUL

The use of this word, instead of the statutory word “carry,” in an indictmentcharging that the defendant “did feloniously steal, take, and haul away” certainpersonalty, will not render the indictment bad, the

HEADBOROUGH

In Saxon law. The head or chief officer of a borough ; chief of thefrankpledge tithing or decennary. This office was afterwards, when the petty constablesliipwas created, united with that office.

HEBBERTHEF

In Saxon law. The privilege of having the goods of a thief, and thetrial of him. within a certain liberty. Cowell.

HEIRS

A word used in deeds of conveyance, (either solely, or in connection withothers,) where it Is intended to pass a fee.

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

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