HOUR OF CAUSE
In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. State Tr. 603.
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In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. State Tr. 603.
In French law. Marshals; ushers; process-servers; sheriffs’ officers.Ministerial officers attached to the courts, to effect legal service of process required bylaw in actions, to issue executions, etc., and to maintain order during
In Spanish law. Theft. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 20.
Lit Iu the civil law. Winter. Dig. 43, 20, 4, 34. Written, in some ofthe old books, “yems.” Fleta, lib. 2, c. 73, S
A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more commonin females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due to psychic ratherthan physical causes, and attended, in the acute or
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
A tax levied in England by St. 14 Car. II. c. 10, consisting of twoshillings on every hearth or stove in the kingdom. It was extremely unpopular, and wasabolished by 1 W.
The leader of the monks in the Greek Church.
In Saxon law. A prison, a gaol, or house of correction.
To harrow. 4 Inst. 270.
A place of retirement for hermits. Mon. Angl. torn. 3, p. 18.
Laying down of arms. Blount. Desertion from the army. Spelman.
An easement. Du Cange.