HASP AND STAPLE
In old Scotch law. The form of entering an heir in a subjectsituated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir’s taking hold of the hasp andstaple of the door, (which
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In old Scotch law. The form of entering an heir in a subjectsituated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir’s taking hold of the hasp andstaple of the door, (which
A trader who goes from place to place, or along the streets of a town, selling the goods which he carries with him.It is perhaps not essential to the idea, but is
In equity practice. The hearing of the arguments of the counsel for the parties upon the pleadings, or pleadings and proofs; corresponding to the trial of an action at law.The word “hearing”
The leadership of one among several independent confederate states.
A page; an attendant; a herald. See Barnes v. State, 88 Md. 347, 41 Atl. 781.
IL.rbored or entertained in an inn. Cowell.
That which is the subject of inheritance.
In.English law. A customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to thelord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land.lleriots are divided into heriot scrviee and heriot custom.
A harrow. Spelman.
In old English law. A place of protection; a sanctuary. St. 1 Hen. VII. cc. 5,6; Cowell.
In old English law. A husbandry servant.
Sax.A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 30.
A hog or swine. Cowell.
In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosenby the parties to a suit. Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify ina suit
In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; toconfess. Calvin.
In old English law. A valley. Cowell.
An animal of the genus eqiuts and species cabaUus. In a narrow and strictsense, the term is applied only to the male, and only to males of four years old orthereabouts, younger
Having the character of an enemy; standing in the relation of an enemy. See 1 Kent, Comm. c. 4.
A small coasting vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used In conveying passengersand goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port. Webster.
In English law. The inhabitants or freeholders of a hundred, ancientlythe suitors or judges of the hundred court. Persons impaneled or fit to be impaneledupon juries, dwelling within the hundred where the