Category: H

Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duo I)us rel pluribus ririsIcgalibus et honcstis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bract fol. 61.

In old English law. A hoard ; a treasure, or repository. Cowell.

One that kills his guest or host

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

A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and. if need were, todistrain them of their lands and goods, in order to insure or compel their attendance incourt

In the civil law. Theright of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. Itdiffered from a usufruct, in this: that the usufructuary might apply the

Lat. In the civil law. Heirs. The plural of hwres, (

A moiety; one of two equal parts of anything susceptible of division. Prentiss v. Brewer, 17 Wis. G44, 8G Am. Dec. 730; Hartford Iron Min. Co. v. Cambridge Min.Co., 80 Mich. 491,

Metaphorically, a forced sale or sale at public auction. “To bring to thehammer,” to put up for sale at auction. “Sold under the hammer,” sold by an officer ofthe law or by

In old European law. An arrest, or attachment. Spelman.

In old English law. The hasp of a door; by which livery of seisin mightanciently be made, where there was a house on the premises.

Another name for “hedge- bote,” being one of the estovers allowed to atenant for life or years, namely, material for repairing the necessary hedges or fences ofhis grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 35;

In English law. A species of modus or composition for tithes. Anstr.323. 320.

A young cow which has not had a calf. 2 East, P. C. 616. And see State v.McMinn, 34 Ark. 162; Mundell v. Hammond, 40 Vt. 645.

Sax. In old English law. An acquittance from a fine for hanging a thief. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47,

In old English law. Harrowing; work with a harrow. Fleta, lib.2, c. S2,