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A Turkish governor in Moldavia or Wallachia.

1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men.”House” means, presumptively, a dwelling- house ; a building divided into floors andapartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors

In old records. A hulk or small vessel. Cowell.

“A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of “”wife.””Etymologically, the word signified the “”house bond;”” the man who, according toSaxon ideas and institutions, held around him the

In medical jurisprudence. A psychic or mental state rendering the patientsusceptible to suggestion at the will of another.The hypnotic state is an abnormal condition of the mind and senses, in the nature

Those who, having been thought dead, had, after a long absencein foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having been thoughtdead in battle, had afterwards unexpectedly escaped from their enemies and

A writ commanding the sheriff to bring up the persons of jurors, and. if need were, todistrain them of their lands and goods, in order to insure or compel their attendance incourt

In the civil law. Theright of a person to live in the house of another without prejudice to the property. Itdiffered from a usufruct, in this: that the usufructuary might apply the

Lat. In the civil law. Heirs. The plural of hwres, (

A moiety; one of two equal parts of anything susceptible of division. Prentiss v. Brewer, 17 Wis. G44, 8G Am. Dec. 730; Hartford Iron Min. Co. v. Cambridge Min.Co., 80 Mich. 491,

Metaphorically, a forced sale or sale at public auction. “To bring to thehammer,” to put up for sale at auction. “Sold under the hammer,” sold by an officer ofthe law or by

In old European law. An arrest, or attachment. Spelman.

In maritime law. Primage; a small duty paid to the captain and mariners of a ship.

1. In old English law. Anunlawful game at dice, those who play at it being called “hazardors.” Jacob.2. In modern law. Any game of chance or wagering. Cheek v. Com., 100 Ky.

In criminal law. A state of violent and uncontrollable rage engendered by a blow or certain other provocation given, which will reduce a homicidefrom the grade of murder to that of manslaughter.

At common law. A person who succeeds, by the rules of law, to an estate in lands, tenements, or hereditaments, upon the death of his ancestor, by descent and right of relationship.

Henry the Old, or Elder. King Henry I. is so called in ancientEnglish chronicles and charters, to distinguish him from the subsequent kiugs of thatname. Spelman.

In the civil law. To be divided. Familia hcrclscunda, an inheritance tobe divided. Actio familia; hcrcis- cundw, an action for dividing an inheritance.Erciscunda is more commonly used in the civil law. Dig.

An archdeacon. Cowell.

Capable of being taken by descent. A term chiefly used in Scotch law, where it enters into several phrases.