HEBDOMADIUS
A week’s man; the canon or prebendary in a cathedral church, whohad the peculiar care of the choir and the offices of it for his own week. Cowell.
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A week’s man; the canon or prebendary in a cathedral church, whohad the peculiar care of the choir and the offices of it for his own week. Cowell.
In Scotch law. The movables which go to the heir, and not tothe executor, that the land may not go to the heir completely dismantled, such as thebest of furniture, horses, cows,
In ancient law, a herald was a diplomatic messenger who carriedmessages between kings or states, and especially proclamations of war, peace, ortruce. In English law, a herald is an officer whose duty
A word of futurity, always used in statutes and legal documents asindicative of future time, excluding both the present and the past. Chapman v. Holmes,10 N. J. Law, 20; Tremont & S.
A general, leader, or commander ; also a baron of the realm. Du Fresne.
A great lord. Jacob.
The season for sowing winter corn. Cowell.
A society of men. The Saxons ranked men into three classes,and valued them, as to satisfaction for injuries, etc., according to their class. Thehighest class were valued at 1,200s.. and were called
In legal use, this term always restricts the matter in connection withwhich it is employed to a period of time already passed. Mason v. Jones, 13 Barb. (N.Y.) 479.
A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley ofincongruous subjects.
In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenantwas bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it asheir, in
Fr. Iu feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hom- BL.LAW DICT. (2n ED.)
In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt. 56.
In old English law. The wealh, or Briton who had care of the king’shorses.
One who kills an enemy.
A place used by husbandmen to set their plows, carts, and other farmingutensils out of the rain and sun. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.
The chief or presiding officer of a hundred
In old records. House rent; or a tax or tribute laid upon a house. Cowell; Blount.
Lat. In the civil law. An hypothecary action; an action for the enforcement of an hypotheca, or lightof mortgage; or to obtain the surrender of the thing mortgaged. Inst. 4, 6, 7;
Lat. In Roman law. To allow [one] to have [possession.] Thisphrase denoted the duty of the seller of property to allow the purchaser to have thepossession and enjoyment. For a breach of