See HOSTLER.

In old records. The host- bread, or consecrated wafer, in the eucha- ristCowell.

One who kills an enemy.

A place or room in religious houses used for the reception of guests and strangers.

Having the character of an enemy; standing in the relation of an enemy. See 1 Kent, Comm. c. 4.

In the law of nations. A state of open war. “At the breaking out of hostility.” 1 Kent, Comm. 00.Au act of open war. “When hostilities have commenced.” Id. 50.A hostile character.

In Norman and old English law, this was the title of the officer in amonastery charged with the entertainment of guests. It was also applied (until aboutthe time of Queen Elizabeth) to

In old English law. This was a test, in cases of accusation, byhot water; the party accused and suspected being appointed by the judge to put hisarms up to the elbows iu

The blending and mixing property belonging to differeift persons, inorder to divide it equally. 2 Bl. Comm. 190.Anciently applied to the mixing and blending of lands given to one daughter in frankmarriage,

An inn ; a public house or tavern ; a house for entertaining strangers ortravelers. St Louis v. Siegrist, 40 Mo. 594; People v. Jones, 54 Barb. (X. Y.) 316; Cromwellv. Stephens,

The twenty-fourth part of a natural day; sixty minutes of time.

In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. State Tr. 603.

1. A dwelling; a building designed for the habitation and residence of men.”House” means, presumptively, a dwelling- house ; a building divided into floors andapartments, with four walls, a roof, and doors

A fee paid for housing goods by a carrier, or at a wharf, etc.

In criminal law. Breaking and entering a dwelling-house withIntent to commit any felony therein. If done by night, it comes under the definition of”burglary.”

A family living together. May v. Smith, 48 Ala. 4S8; Woodward v.Murray, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 402; Arthur v. Morgan, 112 U. S. 495, 5 Sup. Ct. 241, 28 L.Ed. 825. Those

The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keepshouse with his family; the head or master of a family. Webster; 18 Johns. 302. Onewho has a household ; the head

One who is in actual possession of and who occupies a house, asdistinguished from a “boarder,” ‘lodger,” or “guest.” See Bell v. Keach, 80 Ky. 45; Veilev. Koch, 27 111. 131.

A place used by husbandmen to set their plows, carts, and other farmingutensils out of the rain and sun. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.

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