Category: H

In old English law. A service or corvee, consisting in watching thehorses of the lord. Anc. Inst. Eng.

A place or room in religious houses used for the reception of guests and strangers.

In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt. 56.

The presiding officer in the hundred court Anc. Inst. Eng.

A colloquial expression to designate a bribe to hinder information;pay to secure silence.

The name of an action allowed under the civil law for theenforcement of the claims of a creditor by the contract of hypotheca. Lovell v. Cragin,336 U. S. 130, 10 Sup. Ct

A cloth of a mixed color. Magna Charta, c. 26.

In old English law. Hatred; ill will; prejudice, or partiality. Spelman; Cowell.

A hedge. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 273.

A holy or ecclesiastical court.A court held in London before the lord mayor and sheriffs, for regulating the bakers.It was anciently held on Sunday next before St. Thomas’ day, and therefore called

Anciently, among all the northern nations, shaking of hands was heldnecessary to bind a bargain,

Lawful coined money. Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 523, 536.

L Fr. High street; highway. Yearb. P. 11 Hen. VI. 2.

In Saxon law. A court-baron; an ecclesiastical court.

An engine to take fish In the river Ouse. 23 Hen. VIII. c. 18.

Thatch or straw; a covering for the head in war; a coat of arms bearing acrest; the tiller or handle of the rudder of a ship.

In English law. An easement or liberty, which consists in the right topasture cattle on another’s ground.Feed for cattle in fields and pastures. Bract, fol. 222; Co. Litt. 40: Shep. Touch. 07.A

In Spanish law. A piece of land under cultivation; a cultivated farm, realestate; an inheritance or heirship.

In Scotch law. A gift or present made or left by a tenant to his lord as atoken of reverence. Skene.

A heron. Cowell.