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

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

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.”

The chief or presiding officer of a hundred

The presiding officer in the hundred court Anc. Inst. Eng.

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

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

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

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,

A wood or grove of trees. Co. Litt 46.

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,

A ram or wether.

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

“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

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

Agriculture; cultivation of the soil for food; farming, in the sense ofoperating land to raise provisions. Simons v. Lovell, 7 lleisk. (Tenn.) 510; McCue v.Tunstead, 05 Cal. 500, 4 Pac. 510.

In Saxon law. The crime of housebreaking or burglary. Crabb, Eng. Law, 50, 30S.

In old English law. A house servant or domestic; a man of thehousehold. Spelman.A king’s vassal, thane, or baron; an earl’s man or vassal. A term of frequent occurrencein Domesday Book.

He who holds house and laud. Bract. 1. 3, t 2, c. 10.

In old records. House rent; or a tax or tribute laid upon a house. Cowell; Blount.