Laying down of arms. Blount. Desertion from the army. Spelman.

The station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched Spelman.

Capable of being taken by descent. A term chiefly used in Scotch law, where it enters into several phrases.

In the civil law. Every species of immovable which can be the subject ofproperty; such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, etc., in whatevermode they may have been acquired, either by

In Scotch law. A proprietor of land. 1 Kames, Eq. Pref.

In medical jurisprudence. A person of doubtful or double sex;one possessing, really or apparently, and in more or less developed form, some or all ofthe genital organs of both sexes.Hermaphroditus tarn musculo

The science or art of construction and interpretation. By thephrase “legal hermeneutics” is understood the systematic body of rules which arerecognized as applicable to the construction and interpretation of legal writings.

A great lord. Jacob.

See CODEX HEBMOQENIANUS.

A heron. Cowell.

Household goods; implements of trade or husbandry; the rigging or tackle of a ship. Cowell.

L. Fr. A herald.

A harrow. Spelman.

In old English law. A day’s work with a harrow. Spelman.

This was a composition in money for the custom of supplyingherrings for the provision of a religious house. Wharton.

Lat. A master. Servus facit ut hems (Jet, the servant does [the work] in orderthat the master may give [him the wages agreed on.] Herus dat ut servus facit. themaster gives [or

An easement. Du Cange.

In old records. Corn or grain given or devoted to religious persons orpurposes. 2 Hon. Angl. 367b; Cowell.

A little loaf of bread.

The head of a religious house; the head of a college; the warden of acorporation.