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HLAFORDSWICE

Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one’s lord, (proditiodomini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301.

HLOTHBOTE

In Saxou law. A fine for being present at an unlawful assembly.Spelman.

HLOTHE

In Saxon law. An unlawful assembly from eight to thirty-five, inclusive.Cowell.

HOASTMEN

In English law. An ancient gild or fraternity at Newcastle-upon- Tyne,who dealt iu sea coal. St. 21 Jac. I. c. 3.

HOBBIT

A measure of weight in use in Wales, equal to 108 pounds, being made upof four Welsh pecks of 42 pounds each. Hughes v. Humphreys, 20 Eng. L. & Eq. 132.

HOBBLERS

In old English law. Light horsemen or bowmen; also certain tenants,bound by their tenure to maintain a little light horse for giving notice of any invasion, orsuch like peril, towards the seaside.

HOCK-TUESDAY MONEY

This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants andbondmen might solemnize tlie day on which the English conquered the Danes, beingthe second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell.

HODGE-PODGE ACT

A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley ofincongruous subjects.

HOGA

In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a hoio. Grcne lioya,Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman.

HOGASTER

In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79,

HOGHENHYNE

In Saxon law. A house-servant. Any stranger who lodged threenights or more at a man’s house in a decennary was called “lioghenliyne,” and his hostbecame responsible for his acts as for those

HOGSHEAD

A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixtythreegallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing fromone hundred to one hundred and forty gallons.

HOLD

v. 1. To possess in virtue of a lawful title; as In the expression, common ingrants, “to have and to hold,” or in that applied to notes, “the owner and holder.”Thompson v.

HOLDER

The holder of a bill of exchange, promissory note, or check is the person who has legally acquired the possession of the same, from a person capable of transferring it, by indorsement

HOLDES

Sax. In Saxon law. A military commander. Spelman.

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