Category: H

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.

Household goods; implements of trade or husbandry; the rigging or tackle of a ship. Cowell.

In Spanish law. Nobility by descent or lineage. White, New Recop. b. 1,tit. 5, c. 3,

In old English law. A husbandry servant.

Sax.A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 30.

A hog or swine. Cowell.

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosenby the parties to a suit. Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify ina suit

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; toconfess. Calvin.

n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 46.

The directing power of the military forces of the kingdom of GreatBritain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at thehead of this department. It is subordinate to the

In the law of nations. A state of open war. “At the breaking out of hostility.” 1 Kent, Comm. 00.Au act of open war. “When hostilities have commenced.” Id. 50.A hostile character.

The master or captain of a hoy.

A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.

Taxes. Mon. Angl. 1. 5S6.

A term borrowed from the civil law. In so far as it is naturalized in English and American law, it means a contract of mortgage or pledge in which the subject-matter is

Lat. Fit; suitable; active; useful, (of a servant.) Proved; authentic, (of Bookof Saints.) Fixed; stable, (of authority of the king.) Du Cange.

Lat. This is an agreement. Words with which agreementsanciently commenccd.Yearb. II. 6 Edw. II. 191.

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.