HEEREDE ABDUCTO
An ancient writ that lay for the lord, who, having by right thewardship of his tenant under age. could not obtain his person, the same being carriedaway by another person. Old Nat.
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An ancient writ that lay for the lord, who, having by right thewardship of his tenant under age. could not obtain his person, the same being carriedaway by another person. Old Nat.
In Scotch law. Whole; the whole. “All and haill” are common words inconveyances. 1 Bell, App. Cas. 499.
(Sax. From ham, a house.) In Saxon law. An assault made in a house; abreach of the peace in a private house.
An executioner. One who executes condemned criminals by hanging.
In old European law. The defensive armor of a man; harness. Spelman.
A small parcel of land so called in Kent; houses. Co. Litt. 5.
Another name for a curative act or statute. See Lockhart v. Troy, 43 Ala. 5S4.
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.
The end-wall covering and defending the rest of the building.Paroch. Antiq. 573
The first crop of grass or hay, in opposition to aftermath orsecoud cutting. Paroch. Antiq. 450.
In Spanish law. Heir; he who, by legal or testamentary disposition,succeeds to the property of a deceased person. “Hccrcs ccnscatur cum dcfuncto unaeadcmque persona.’” Las Partidas, 7, 9, 13 ; See Emeric
In Scotch law. A gift or present made or left by a tenant to his lord as atoken of reverence. Skene.
A heron. Cowell.
In Spanish law. A noble; a person entitled to the rights of nobility. By hidalgos are understood men chosen from good situations in life, (de buenos lugures,) and possessed of property, (algo.)
A society of men. The Saxons ranked men into three classes,and valued them, as to satisfaction for injuries, etc., according to their class. Thehighest class were valued at 1,200s.. and were called
In legal use, this term always restricts the matter in connection withwhich it is employed to a period of time already passed. Mason v. Jones, 13 Barb. (N.Y.) 479.
A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley ofincongruous subjects.
In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenantwas bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it asheir, in
Fr. Iu feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hom- BL.LAW DICT. (2n ED.)
L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. Bony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him whoevil thinks.