Lat. In Roman law. The law of the prajtors and the edicts of thetediles.

As applied to public offices and other positions of responsibility or trust,this term means either that the ollice or title is bestowed upon the incumbent as a markof honor or compliment, without

By reason of honor or privilege. See CIIATXENOE.

L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. Bony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him whoevil thinks.

In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt. 56.

Land plowed and sown every year.

In old English law. A valley. Cowell.

n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 46.

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.

Lat Au hour; the hour.

In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 19, c. 4,

In old records. A cow in calf.

In old English law. A treasurer. Du Cange.

In old English law. A hoard ; a treasure, or repository. Cowell.

In old records. Barley. Hordcum palmale, beer barley, as distinguishedfrom common barley, which was called “hordeum quadragesimale.” Blount.

In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumaciouspersons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’ssergeant. This was called “putting to

A primer; a book explaining tbe rudiments of any science or branch ofknowledge. The phrase “hornbook law” is a colloquial designation of the rudiments ormost familiar principles of law.

Sax. In old English law. A tax within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cowell; Blount

In Scotch law. “Letters of horning” is the name given to a judicial processissuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform hisobligation in terms of

L. Fr. Out; out of; without.