Category: H

Sax.A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 30.

A hog or swine. Cowell.

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosenby the parties to a suit. Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify ina suit

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; toconfess. Calvin.

n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 46.

The directing power of the military forces of the kingdom of GreatBritain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at thehead of this department. It is subordinate to the

In the law of nations. A state of open war. “At the breaking out of hostility.” 1 Kent, Comm. 00.Au act of open war. “When hostilities have commenced.” Id. 50.A hostile character.

The master or captain of a hoy.

A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.

Taxes. Mon. Angl. 1. 5S6.

A term borrowed from the civil law. In so far as it is naturalized in English and American law, it means a contract of mortgage or pledge in which the subject-matter is

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.