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In old English law. A tax or mulct. Jacob.

A little hand-gun. St 33 Hen. VIII. c. 6.

Sax. In old English law. Tenants who held land by the service ofrepairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted fromfeudal and military services.

Handsale, or earnest money.

In old Scotch law. Lions; coins formerly of the value of three halfpence.1 I’itc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note.

In old English law. A man armed with a coat of mail. Jacob.

In Saxon law. A sort of pillory, by which the head of the culprit wascaught between two boards, as feet are caught in a pair of stocks. Cowell.

A small haven, wharf, or landing place.

The end-wall covering and defending the rest of the building.Paroch. Antiq. 573

The first crop of grass or hay, in opposition to aftermath orsecoud cutting. Paroch. Antiq. 450.

In Spanish law. Heir; he who, by legal or testamentary disposition,succeeds to the property of a deceased person. “Hccrcs ccnscatur cum dcfuncto unaeadcmque persona.’” Las Partidas, 7, 9, 13 ; See Emeric

In Saxon law. Offenders who joined in a body of more than thirty-five tocommit depredations.

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.