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.

In old English law. A hide of land.

Sax. A servant fed at his master’s cost

Sax.A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 30.

Sax. A lord’s protection. Du Cange.

Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one’s lord, (proditiodomini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301.

Sax. The benefit of the law. Du Cange.

In Saxou law. A fine for being present at an unlawful assembly.Spelman.

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

In English law. An ancient gild or fraternity at Newcastle-upon- Tyne,who dealt iu sea coal. St. 21 Jac. I. c. 3.

A measure of weight in use in Wales, equal to 108 pounds, being made upof four Welsh pecks of 42 pounds each. Hughes v. Humphreys, 20 Eng. L. & Eq. 132.

In old English law. Light horsemen or bowmen; also certain tenants,bound by their tenure to maintain a little light horse for giving notice of any invasion, orsuch like peril, towards the seaside.

Lat. (This indeed is exceedingly hard, but so the law is written; such is the written or positive law.) Anobservation quoted by Black- stone as used by Ulpian in tlie civil law;

A hoke, hole, or lesser pit of salt. Cowell.

This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants andbondmen might solemnize tlie day on which the English conquered the Danes, beingthe second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell.

A kuight of the post; a decayed man ; a basket carrier. Cowell.

A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley ofincongruous subjects.

In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a hoio. Grcne lioya,Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman.

In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79,

A hog or swine. Cowell.