HAND DOWN
An appellate court is said to “hand down” its decision in a case, whenthe opinion is prepared and filed for transmission to the court below.
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An appellate court is said to “hand down” its decision in a case, whenthe opinion is prepared and filed for transmission to the court below.
In old statutes. A hand-gun, about three-quarters of a yard long. BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
A green plot in a valley.
Chief; leading; principal; the upper part or principal source of a stream.
An unlawful fisher in the Thames below London bridge; so calledbecause they generally fished at ebbing tide or water. 4 Hen. VII. c. 15; Jacob.
Succession by inheritance.
Peter-pence, (q. v.)
One who herds or has charge of a herd of cattle, in the senses above defined.See Hooker v. McAllister, 12 Wash. 40, 40 Pac. 017; Underwood v. Birdsell, 6Mont. 142, 9 Pac.
In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt. 2, pp. 20, 89.
In Scotch law. A proprietor of land. 1 Kames, Eq. Pref.
Sax. In old English law. A surety, (ivarrantus.)
One of the four great Itoinau roads of Britain. More commonlycalled “Ikenild Street.”
A title given by the constitution of Massachusetts to the lieutenantgovernorof that commonwealth. Const. Mass. pt. 2, c. 2.
This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants andbondmen might solemnize tlie day on which the English conquered the Danes, beingthe second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell.
Sax. In old English law. A wood or grove. Spelman; Cowell; Co. Litt. 4b.
In old English law. The maiming of a man. Blount.
By reason of honor or privilege. See CIIATXENOE.
In Scotch law. “Letters of horning” is the name given to a judicial processissuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform hisobligation in terms of
See HOSTLER.
The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keepshouse with his family; the head or master of a family. Webster; 18 Johns. 302. Onewho has a household ; the head