Hundred
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
A civil division of a county. Consisted ot ten tithings. So called, because it was equal to a hundred hides of land; or because it furnished one hundred men In time of war.'
Hundredor.
Aninhabitant of a hundred; also, a qualified juryman within n hundred; and, also, the executive officer of a hundred.''
HUNGr.
Is sometimes applied to a jury which fails to agree upon a verdict.