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HERUS

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

HEST CORN

In old records. Corn or grain given or devoted to religious persons orpurposes. 2 Hon. Angl. 367b; Cowell.

HETSRARCHA

The head of a religious house; the head of a college; the warden of acorporation.

HEUVELBOBH

Sax. In old English law. A surety, (ivarrantus.)

HEYLODE

In old records. A customary burden upon inferior tenants, for mending orrepairing hays or hedges.

HEYMECTUS

A hay-net; a net forcatching conies. Cowell.

HIDAGE

HIDAGE. An extraordinary tax formerly payable to the crown for every hide of land. Thistaxation was levied, not in money, but provision of armor, etc. Cowell.

HIDALGO

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.)

HIDALGUIA

In Spanish law. Nobility by descent or lineage. White, New Recop. b. 1,tit. 5, c. 3,

HIDE

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

HIDEL

In old English law. A place of protection; a sanctuary. St. 1 Hen. VII. cc. 5,6; Cowell.

HIDGILD

A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from awhipping. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 47,

HIGH

This term, as used in variouscompound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addition of dignity, not importing acomparison; but more generally it means exalted, either in rank or location, oroccupying a position

HIGHER AND LOWER SCALE

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

HIGHNESS

A title of honor given to princes. The kings of England, before the timeof James I., were not usually saluted with the title of “Majesty,” but with that of”Highness.” The children of

HIGHWAY

A free and public road, way, or street; one which every person has theright to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C. C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com’rs v. Cas- tetter,7 Ind. App.

HIGLER

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door todoor, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like.

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