An executioner. One who executes condemned criminals by hanging.

In Saxon law. A fine for illegal hanging of a thief, or for allowing him toescape. Immunity from such fine. Du Cange.

An alliance or confederation among merchants or cities, for the good orderingand protection of the commerce of its members. An imposition uponmerchandise. Du Cange.

The chief of a company ; the head man of a corporation.

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

To catch. Thus, “hap the rent,” “hap the deed-poll,” were formerly used.

The constitutional right of men to pursue their “happiness” means theright to pursue any lawful business or vocation, in any manner not inconsistent with theequal rights of others, which may increase their

In old statutes. A hand-gun, about three-quarters of a yard long. BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

In old English law. A race of horses aud mares kept for breed; a stud. Spelman.

In England, an officer of the royal household.

v. To receive clandestinely and without lawful authority a person for thepurpose of so concealing him that another having a right to the lawful custody of suchperson shall be deprived of the

A punishment, additional to mere imprisonment, sometimes imposedupon convicts sentenced to a penitentiary. But the labor is not, as a rule, any harderthan ordinary mechanical labor. Brown v. State, 74 Ala. 4S3.

Lawful coined money. Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 523, 536.

In old Scotch law. Lions; coins formerly of the value of three halfpence.1 I’itc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 64, note.

The severity with which a proposed construction of the law would bearupon a particular case, founding, sometimes, an argument against such construction,which is otherwise termed the “argument ab inconvenienti.”

See ERROR.

In old European law. The defensive armor of a man; harness. Spelman.

All warlike instruments: also the tackle or furniture of a ship.

Fr. In Norman and early English law. An outcry, or hue and cryafter felons and malefactors. Cowell.

In old Scotch law. The form of entering an heir in a subjectsituated within a royal borough. It consisted of the heir’s taking hold of the hasp andstaple of the door, (which