Category: H

In the civil law. Every species of immovable which can be the subject ofproperty; such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, etc., in whatevermode they may have been acquired, either by

The head of a religious house; the head of a college; the warden of acorporation.

In Spanish law. A receipt given by. an heir of a decedent, setting forthwhat property he has received from the estate.

The use of this pronoun in a written instrument, in referring to a person whoseChristian name is designated therein by a mere initial, is not conclusive that the personreferred to is a

Lat. (This indeed is exceedingly hard, but so the law is written; such is the written or positive law.) Anobservation quoted by Black- stone as used by Ulpian in tlie civil law;

In Spanish law. A holograph. An instrument (particularly a will) whollyin the handwriting of the person executing it; or which, to be valid, must be so writtenby his own hand.

In old English law. A writ directed to a corporation, requiringthe members to make choice of a man to keep one part of the seal appointed forstatutes merchant, when a former is

Lat. In Roman law. The law of the prajtors and the edicts of thetediles.

A primer; a book explaining tbe rudiments of any science or branch ofknowledge. The phrase “hornbook law” is a colloquial designation of the rudiments ormost familiar principles of law.

A person who is given into the possession of the enemy, iu a public war,his freedom (or life) to stand as security for the performance of some contract orpromise made by the

In criminal law. Breaking and entering a dwelling-house withIntent to commit any felony therein. If done by night, it comes under the definition of”burglary.”

A moist place. Mon. Angl.

Agriculture; cultivation of the soil for food; farming, in the sense ofoperating land to raise provisions. Simons v. Lovell, 7 lleisk. (Tenn.) 510; McCue v.Tunstead, 05 Cal. 500, 4 Pac. 510.

See INSANITY.

In English law. A port, wharf, or small haven to embark or land merchandiseat Cowell; Blount.

In old English law. Rich men; literally, having men. The samewith fcesting-men, (q. v.) Cowell.

L. Fr. In old English law. A port or harbor; a station for ships. St. 27 Hen. VI. c. 3.

In Roman law. The heir, or universal successor in the event of death. Theheir is he who actively or passively succeeds to tlie entire property of the estate- leaver.lie is not only

In old English law. A fee or toll due for goods or merchandise vended In a hall. Jacob.A toll due to the lord of a fair or market for such commodities as

An appellate court is said to “hand down” its decision in a case, whenthe opinion is prepared and filed for transmission to the court below.