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HUISSERIUM

A ship used to transport horses. Also termed “uffer.”

HUISSIERS

In French law. Marshals; ushers; process-servers; sheriffs’ officers.Ministerial officers attached to the courts, to effect legal service of process required bylaw in actions, to issue executions, etc., and to maintain order during

HULKA

In old records. A hulk or small vessel. Cowell.

HULLUS

In old records. A hill. 2 Mon. Augl. 292; Cowell.

HUNDRED

Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprisedan indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten tit kings, orgroups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was

HUNDRED-WEIGHT

A denomination of weight containing, according to the Englishsystem, 112 pounds; but in this country, generally, it consists of 100 pounds avoirdupois.

HUNDREDARIUS

In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given tothe chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it. Spel. voc.”Hundredus.”

HUNDREDORS

In English law. The inhabitants or freeholders of a hundred, ancientlythe suitors or judges of the hundred court. Persons impaneled or fit to be impaneledupon juries, dwelling within the hundred where the

HUNG JURY

A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.

HURDLE

In English criminal law. A kind of sledge, on which convicted felons weredrawn to the place of execution.

HURRICANE

A storm of great violence or intensity, of which the particularcharacteristic is the high velocity of the wind. There is naturally no exact measure todistinguish between an ordinary storm and a hurricane,

HURT

In such phrases as “to tbe hurt or annoyance of another,” or “hurt, molested,or restrained in his person or estate,” this word is not restricted to physical injuries, butincludes also mental pain,

HURTO

In Spanish law. Theft. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 20.

HUSBAND

“A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of “”wife.””Etymologically, the word signified the “”house bond;”” the man who, according toSaxon ideas and institutions, held around him the

HUSBANDRIA

In old English law. Husbandry. Dyer, (Fr. Ed.) 356.

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