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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.

A government exercised by seven persons or a nation divided into seven governments. In the year 500, seven different monarchies had been formed in England by the German tribes, namely, that of

Herdsmen’s work, or customary labor, done by shepherds and inferior tenants, at thewill of the lord. Cowell.

In English law. An offense against religion, consisting not in a total denialof Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed. 4Bl. Comm. 44, 45. An opinion on

The science or art of construction and interpretation. By thephrase “legal hermeneutics” is understood the systematic body of rules which arerecognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings.

A hay-net; a net forcatching conies. Cowell.

In English law. A term of court, begining on the 11th and ending onthe 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which beginJanuary 11th, and end on the

Lat. These being witnesses. The attestation clause in old deeds andcharters.

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.