HAMSOCNE
In Saxon law. The right of security and privacy in a man’s house. DuCange. The breach of this privilege by a forcible entry of a house is breach of thepeace. Du Cange.
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In Saxon law. The right of security and privacy in a man’s house. DuCange. The breach of this privilege by a forcible entry of a house is breach of thepeace. Du Cange.
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.
A tax levied in England by St. 14 Car. II. c. 10, consisting of twoshillings on every hearth or stove in the kingdom. It was extremely unpopular, and wasabolished by 1 W.
The leader of the monks in the Greek Church.
A fine for flight on account of murder. Domesday Book.
A harrow. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 77.
A heriot, (q. v.)
In old Scotch law. A fine or penalty for not obeying the proclamationmade for warfare. Skene.
This was a composition in money for the custom of supplyingherrings for the provision of a religious house. Wharton.
Originally, government by a body of priests. Now, the body of officersin any church or ecclesiastical institution. considered as forming an ascending series ofranks or degrees of power and authority, with the
In Spanish law. A mortgage of real property.
Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one’s lord, (proditiodomini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301.
A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixtythreegallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing fromone hundred to one hundred and forty gallons.
See HAMESOKEN.
In the civil law. Approbation ; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act. Merl. Rupert The term is also used in Louisiana. Hecker v.
A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.
Lat A guest. 8 Coke, 32.
In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in amonastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until aboutthe time of Queen Elizabeth) to