Category: H

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,

Followers of an army.

The station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched Spelman.

In old records. Corn or grain given or devoted to religious persons orpurposes. 2 Hon. Angl. 367b; Cowell.

A free and public road, way, or street; one which every person has theright to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C. C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com’rs v. Cas- tetter,7 Ind. App.

Hiring is a contract by which one person grants to another either the enjoyment of a thing or the use of the labor and industry, either of himself or his servant,during a

A measure of weight in use in Wales, equal to 108 pounds, being made upof four Welsh pecks of 42 pounds each. Hughes v. Humphreys, 20 Eng. L. & Eq. 132.

A religious festival; a day set apart for commemorating some importantevent in history; a day of exemption from labor. Webster. A day upon which the usualoperations of business are suspended and the

Lat. Homicide, (q. v.)Homicidium ex justitia, homicide in the administration of justice, or in the executionof the sentence of the law.Homicidium ex necessitate, homicide from Inevitable necessity, as for the protectionof one’s

v. To accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, atmaturity and according to its tenor. Peterson v. Hubbard, 28 Mich. 199; Clarke v. Cock,4 East,

In old records. Barley. Hordcum palmale, beer barley, as distinguishedfrom common barley, which was called “hordeum quadragesimale.” Blount.

A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallachia.

1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men.”House” means, presumptively, a dwelling- house ; a building divided into floors andapartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors

In old records. A hulk or small vessel. Cowell.