Category: H

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.

In medical jurisprudence. Unilateral paralysis; paralysis of one side ofthe body, commonly due to a lesion in the brain, but sometimes originating from tliespinal cord, as in “Brown-Sequard’s paralysis,” unilateral paralysis with

An officer in the royal house, who goes before and allots the noblemen and those of thehousehold their lodgings; also an innkeeper.

In Sicilian and Neapolitan law. That which is held by hereditaryright; the same with hercditamcntum (hereditament) in English law. Spelmau.

In old English law. A sort of garment. Cowell.

L. Fr. A herald.

In old English law. A measure of land, being as much as could be worked withone plow. It is variously estimated at from CO to 100 acres, but was probably determinedby local

In old English law. The loss or departure of a servant from his master. Domesday.

Sax. A lord’s protection. Du Cange.

In Saxon law. A house-servant. Any stranger who lodged threenights or more at a man’s house in a decennary was called “lioghenliyne,” and his hostbecame responsible for his acts as for those

L. Fr. Man; a man.Home ne sera puny pur suer des briefes en court le roy, soit il a droit on a tort.A man shall not be punished for suiug out writs

In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologatesa proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to saythe like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart.

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.

Lat A guest. 8 Coke, 32.