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HENRICUS VETUS

Henry the Old, or Elder. King Henry I. is so called in ancientEnglish chronicles and charters, to distinguish him from the subsequent kiugs of thatname. Spelman.

HERCISCUNDA

In the civil law. To be divided. Familia hcrclscunda, an inheritance tobe divided. Actio familia; hcrcis- cundw, an action for dividing an inheritance.Erciscunda is more commonly used in the civil law. Dig.

HERITABLE

Capable of being taken by descent. A term chiefly used in Scotch law, where it enters into several phrases.

HIGLER

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door todoor, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like.

HOBBLERS

In old English law. Light horsemen or bowmen; also certain tenants,bound by their tenure to maintain a little light horse for giving notice of any invasion, orsuch like peril, towards the seaside.

HOLM

An island In a river or the sea. Spelman.Plain grassy ground upon water sides or in the water. Blount. Low ground intersectedwith streams. Spelman.

HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM- IUM

A writ to take him that had taken any bondman or woman, and led him or lier out of the country, so that he or she could not bereplevied according to law.

HONORARIUM

In the civil law. An honorary or free gift; a gratuitous payment, asdistinguished from hire or compensation for service; a lawyer’s or counsellor’s fee. Dig.50, 13, 1, 10-12.An honorarium is a voluntary

HORN

In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumaciouspersons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’ssergeant. This was called “putting to

HOST

L. Fr. An army. Britt. C. 22. A military expedition; war. Kelham.

HOUSEAGE

A fee paid for housing goods by a carrier, or at a wharf, etc.

HULLUS

In old records. A hill. 2 Mon. Augl. 292; Cowell.

HUSBANDRIA

In old English law. Husbandry. Dyer, (Fr. Ed.) 356.

HYPOBOLUM

In the Civil law. The name of the bequest or legacy given by the husband to his wife, at his death, ubove her dowry

HABENDUM

Lat. In conveyancing. The clause usually following the granting part ofthe premises of a deed, which defines the extent of the ownership In the tiling grantedto be held and enjoyed by the

HABITUAL DRUNKARD

A person given to ebriety or the excessive use of intoxicatingdrink, who has lost the i>ower or the will, by frequent indulgence, to controlhis appetite for it Ludwick v. Com., 18 Pa.

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