Category: H

A harrow. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 77.

Sax. In old English law. A tribute or tax levied for the maintenance of an army. Spelman.

A division of household goods. Blount

Lat. A master. Servus facit ut hems (Jet, the servant does [the work] in orderthat the master may give [him the wages agreed on.] Herus dat ut servus facit. themaster gives [or

In the practice of the English supreme court of judicature there are two scales regulatingthe fees of the court and the fees which solicitors are entitled to charge. The lowerscale applies (unless

A subject. Du Cange.

In Saxon law. An unlawful assembly from eight to thirty-five, inclusive.Cowell.

Sax. In Saxon law. A military commander. Spelman.

Pertaining to homicide; relating to homicide; impelling to homicide; asa homicidal mania. (See INSANITY.)

Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the threegeneral precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (lust. 1, 1,3; Bract, fols. 3, 36,) the others being

In old English law. A treasurer. Du Cange.

Inns. Hospitia communia, common inns. Reg. Orig. 105. Hospitia curia:,inns of court. Hospitia canccllarice, inns of chancery. Crabb, Eng. Law, 428, 420; 4Reeve, Eng. Law, 120.

In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. State Tr. 603.

In French law. Marshals; ushers; process-servers; sheriffs’ officers.Ministerial officers attached to the courts, to effect legal service of process required bylaw in actions, to issue executions, etc., and to maintain order during

In Spanish law. Theft. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 20.

Lit Iu the civil law. Winter. Dig. 43, 20, 4, 34. Written, in some ofthe old books, “yems.” Fleta, lib. 2, c. 73, S

A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more commonin females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due to psychic ratherthan physical causes, and attended, in the acute or

Lat. A form of the salutatory expression “Ave,” (hail,) in the titles ofthe constitutions of the Theodosian and Justinianean Codes. Calvin; Spelman.

Lat. In the civil law. The right of dwelling; the right of free residence inanother’s house. Inst. 2, 5; Dig. 7, 8.

An ancient writ that lay for the ravishment of the lord’s ward. Reg. Orig. 163.Hseredem Deus facit, non homo. God makes the l;eir, not man. Co. Litt. 76.