Category: H

One who heals or cures ; specifically, one who professes to cure bodilydiseases without medicine or any material means, according to the tenets and practicesof so-called “Christian Science,” whose beliefs and practices,

Toll or customary dues at the hithe or wharf, for landing goods, etc.,from which exemption was granted by the crown to some particular persons andsocieties. Wharton.

In medical jurisprudence. Unilateral paralysis; paralysis of one side ofthe body, commonly due to a lesion in the brain, but sometimes originating from tliespinal cord, as in “Brown-Sequard’s paralysis,” unilateral paralysis with

An officer in the royal house, who goes before and allots the noblemen and those of thehousehold their lodgings; also an innkeeper.

In Sicilian and Neapolitan law. That which is held by hereditaryright; the same with hercditamcntum (hereditament) in English law. Spelmau.

In old English law. A sort of garment. Cowell.

L. Fr. A herald.

In old English law. A measure of land, being as much as could be worked withone plow. It is variously estimated at from CO to 100 acres, but was probably determinedby local

In old English law. The loss or departure of a servant from his master. Domesday.

Sax. A lord’s protection. Du Cange.

In Saxon law. A house-servant. Any stranger who lodged threenights or more at a man’s house in a decennary was called “lioghenliyne,” and his hostbecame responsible for his acts as for those

L. Fr. Man; a man.Home ne sera puny pur suer des briefes en court le roy, soit il a droit on a tort.A man shall not be punished for suiug out writs

In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologatesa proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to saythe like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart.

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

A petty dealer and retailer of small articles of provisions, particularlyfarm and garden produce. Mays v. Cincinnati, 1 Ohio St 272; Lebanon County v. Kline,2 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 622.

In English criminal law. A kind of sledge, on which convicted felons weredrawn to the place of execution.

In old English law. Augury; divination.

In French law. Hypothecation ; a mortgage on real property; theright vested in a creditor by the assignment to him of real estate as security for thepayment of his debt, whether or