In old Scotch law. To seek restitution of one’s own goods and gear,and bring the same home again. Skene de Verb. Sign.

A moiety; one of two equal parts of anything susceptible of division. Prentiss v. Brewer, 17 Wis. G44, 8G Am. Dec. 730; Hartford Iron Min. Co. v. Cambridge Min.Co., 80 Mich. 491,

A synonym for lynch law, or the summary (and unauthorized) trial ofa person accused of crime and the infliction of death upon him; from the name of theparish of Halifax, in England,

A building or room of considerable size, used as a place for the meeting ofpublic assemblies, conventions, courts, etc.In English law. A name given to many manor-houses because the magistrate’s courtwas held

In old English law. A fee or toll due for goods or merchandise vended In a hall. Jacob.A toll due to the lord of a fair or market for such commodities as

In Spanish law. The finding and taking possession of something whichpreviously had no owner, and which thus becomes the property of the first occupant.Las Partidas, 3, 5, 28; 5, 48, 49; 5,

In Saxon law. Hali- gemot, (q. v.)

In medical jurisprudence. A trick or deceit of the senses; a morbiderror either of the sense of sight or that of hearing, or possibly of the other senses; apsychological state, such as

See HALIGEMOT.

A holy or ecclesiastical court.A court held in London before the lord mayor and sheriffs, for regulating the bakers.It was anciently held on Sunday next before St. Thomas’ day, and therefore called

Sax. In old English law. Tenants who held land by the service ofrepairing or defending a church or monument, whereby they were exempted fromfeudal and military services.

In old English law. A hook ; an engine with which a house on fire is pulleddown. Yel. 00. A piece of land.

In forest law. The hox- ing or hock-sinewing of dogs; an old mode oflaming or disabling dogs. Termes de la Ley.

In Scotch law. The violent entering into a man’s house withoutlicense or against the peace, and the seeking and assaulting him there. Skene de Verb. Sign.; 2 Forb. Inst 130.The crime of

(Sax. From ham, a house.) In Saxon law. An assault made in a house; abreach of the peace in a private house.

A small village; a part or member of a vill. It is the diminutive of “ham,” avillage. Cowell. See Rex. v. Morris, 4 Term, 552.

A close Joining to a house; a croft; a little meadow. Cowell.

Metaphorically, a forced sale or sale at public auction. “To bring to thehammer,” to put up for sale at auction. “Sold under the hammer,” sold by an officer ofthe law or by

In Saxon law. The right of security and privacy in a man’s house. DuCange. The breach of this privilege by a forcible entry of a house is breach of thepeace. Du Cange.

A hamper or basket in which were kept the writs of the court of chanceryrelating to the business of a subject, and their returns. 3 Bl. Comm. 40. According toothers, the fees