HEPTARCHY
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
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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 Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which beginJanuary 11th, and end on the
In legal use, this term always restricts the matter in connection withwhich it is employed to a period of time already passed. Mason v. Jones, 13 Barb. (N.Y.) 479.
A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley ofincongruous subjects.
In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenantwas bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it asheir, in
Fr. Iu feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hom- BL.LAW DICT. (2n ED.)
In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt. 56.
In old English law. The wealh, or Briton who had care of the king’shorses.
One who kills an enemy.
A place used by husbandmen to set their plows, carts, and other farmingutensils out of the rain and sun. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.
The chief or presiding officer of a hundred
In old records. House rent; or a tax or tribute laid upon a house. Cowell; Blount.
Lat. In the civil law. An hypothecary action; an action for the enforcement of an hypotheca, or lightof mortgage; or to obtain the surrender of the thing mortgaged. Inst. 4, 6, 7;
L. Lat. That you cause to have seisin. The writ ofexecution in real actions, directing the sheriff to cause the demandant to have seisin ofthe lands recovered. It was the proper process
In Saxon law. A recompense or satisfaction for the violation of holyorders, or violence offered to persons in holy orders. Cowell; Blount
A haven or port Cowell.