Category: H

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.

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.