Category: H

A kuight of the post; a decayed man ; a basket carrier. Cowell.

In ecclesiastical law. The orders of bishops, (including archbishops.)priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the orders ofbishop, (in which the pope and archbishops were included.) priest,

Fr. Man; a man. This term is defined by the Civil Code of Louisiana toinclude a woman. Article 3522, notes 1, 2.

L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. Bony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him whoevil thinks.

L. Fr. Out; out of; without.

In old records. The host- bread, or consecrated wafer, in the eucha- ristCowell.

One who is in actual possession of and who occupies a house, asdistinguished from a “boarder,” ‘lodger,” or “guest.” See Bell v. Keach, 80 Ky. 45; Veilev. Koch, 27 111. 131.

In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given tothe chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it. Spel. voc.”Hundredus.”

He who holds house and laud. Bract. 1. 3, t 2, c. 10.

“Ilypotheca” was a term of the Itoman law, and denoted a pledge ormortgage. As distinguished from the term “pignus,” in the same law, it denoted a mortgage,whether of lands or of goods,

Lat. That you cause to have possession. The name of the process commonly resorted toby the successful party in an action of ejectment, for the purpose of being placed bythe sheriff in

Carriages plying for hire iu the street. The driver is liable fornegligently losing baggage. Mas- terson v. Short, 33 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 4S0.

The statute 2 lien. IV. c. 15, de hwretico comburendo,was the first penal law enacted againstheresy, and imposed the penalty of death by burning against all heretics who relapsedor who refused to

In Saxon law. Hali- gemot, (q. v.)

Money paid in hand to bind a bargain; earnest money.

In England, an officer of the royal household.

In old English law. Hatred. I-eg. Wm. I. c. 16; Blount.

A syllabus to a reported case: a summary of the points decided in thecase, which is placed at the head or beginning of the report.

A device for catching fish in ebbing water. St. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 5.

The quality or condition of being heir, or the relation between the heirand his ancestor.