HIREMAN
A subject. Du Cange.
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A subject. Du Cange.
In Saxon law. An unlawful assembly from eight to thirty-five, inclusive.Cowell.
Sax. In Saxon law. A military commander. Spelman.
Pertaining to homicide; relating to homicide; impelling to homicide; asa homicidal mania. (See INSANITY.)
Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the threegeneral precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (lust. 1, 1,3; Bract, fols. 3, 36,) the others being
In old English law. A treasurer. Du Cange.
Inns. Hospitia communia, common inns. Reg. Orig. 105. Hospitia curia:,inns of court. Hospitia canccllarice, inns of chancery. Crabb, Eng. Law, 428, 420; 4Reeve, Eng. Law, 120.
The twenty-fourth part of a natural day; sixty minutes of time.
A ship used to transport horses. Also termed “uffer.”
A ram or wether.
An instrument for measuring the density of liuids. Being immersed iuliuids, as iu water, briue, beer, brandy, etc., it determines the proportion of theirdensity, or their specific gravity, aud theuce their quality.
In old English law. A parish.
Lat. A form of the salutatory expression “Ave,” (hail,) in the titles ofthe constitutions of the Theodosian and Justinianean Codes. Calvin; Spelman.
Lat. In the civil law. The right of dwelling; the right of free residence inanother’s house. Inst. 2, 5; Dig. 7, 8.
An ancient writ that lay for the ravishment of the lord’s ward. Reg. Orig. 163.Hseredem Deus facit, non homo. God makes the l;eir, not man. Co. Litt. 76.
In old Scotch law. To seek restitution of one’s own goods and gear,and bring the same home again. Skene de Verb. Sign.
A close Joining to a house; a croft; a little meadow. Cowell.
The chief of a company ; the head man of a corporation.
In old Scotch law. The form of entering an heir in a subjectsituated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir’s taking hold of the hasp andstaple of the door, (which
A trader who goes from place to place, or along the streets of a town, selling the goods which he carries with him.It is perhaps not essential to the idea, but is