Black's Law Dictionary

Liege homage; that kind of homage which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords Spelman. So

In feudal law. Plain homage; a species of homage which bound him who did it to nothing more than fidelity, without any obligation either of military service or attendance in the co

To renounce homage. This was when a vassal made a solemn declaration of disowning and defying his lord ; for which there was a set form and method prescribed by the feudal laws. Br

In feudal law. Simple homage; that kind of homage which was merely an acknowledgment of tenure, with a saving of the rights of other lords. Harg. Co.. Litt. note 18, lib. 2. Homagi

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosen by the parties to a suit. Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify in a suit

When a person voluntarily takes up his abode in a given place, with Intention to remain permanently or for an indefinite period of time or without any present intention to remove t

A man shall not be punished for suing out writs in the king's court, whether he be right or wrong. 2 Inst. 228.

The department of state through which the English sovereign administers most of the internal affnirs of the kingdom, especially the police, and communicates with the judicial funct

L Fr. Man; a man.

The port at which a vessel is registered or enrolled or where the owner resides.

See Hamesoken.

A mansion-house. Dickinson v. Mayer, 11 Heisk. (Tenn.) 521.

The home place; the place where the home in. It is the home, the house and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head o

Corporations organized for the purpose of acquiring lands in large tracts, paying off incumbrances thereon, improving and subdividing them into homestead lots or parcels, and distr

An entry under the United States land laws for the purpose of acquiring title to a portion of the public domain under the homestead laws, consisting of an affidavit of the claimant

See Homestead.

Laws passed in most of the states allowing a householder or head of a family to designate a house and land as his homestead, and exempting the same homestead from execution for his

Pertaining to homicide; relating to homicide; impelling to homicide; as a homicidal mania. (See Insanity.)

A form of mania in which the morbid state of the mind manifests itself in an irresist-abie inclination or impulse to commit homicide, prompted usually by an insane delusion either

The killing of any human creature, 4 Bl. Comm. 177. The killing of one human being by the act, procurement or omission of another. Pen. Code N. Y. § 179. The act of a human being i

The accidental killing of another, where the slayer is doing a lawful act, unaccompanied by any criminally careless or reckless conduct. State v. Miller, 9 Houst (Del.) 564, 32 Atl

Where a man doing a lawful act, without intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another.

Homicide in self-defense ; the killing of a person in self-defense upon a sudden affray, where the slayer had no other possible (or, at least, probable) means of escaping from his

Lat. Homicide, (q. v.) Homicidium ex justitia, homicide in the administration of justice, or in the execution of the sentence of the law. Homicidium ex necessitate, homicide from i

The mustering of men; the doing of homage.

A writ to take him that had taken any band man or woman, and led him or her out of the country, so that he or she could not be replevied acoording to law. Reg. Orig. 79.

In old English law. A writ directed to a corporation, requiring the members to make choice of a man to keep one part of the seal appointed for statutes merchant, when a former is d

In English law. A writ which lay to replevy a man out of prison or opt of the custody of any private person, in the same manner that chattels taken in distress may be replevied. Br

Lat. In feudal law. Men; feudatory tenants who claimed a privilege of having their causes, etc., tried only in their lord's court Paroch. Antiq. 15. —Homines ligii. Liege men ; feu

Liege men ; feudal tenants or vassals, especially those who held immediately of the sovereign. 1 Bl. Comm. 367.

Law is established for the benefit of man.

In old English law. The maiming of a man. Blount.

Fr. Man; a man. This term is defined by the Civil Code of Louisiana to include a woman. Article 3522, notes 1, 2.

Fr. In feudal law. Men of the fief; feudal tenants; the peers in the lords' courts. Montesq., Esprit des Lois, liv. 28, c. 27.

Fr. In feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hornmes de fief, (q. v.) Montesq., Esprit des Lois, liv. 28, c. 36.

Lat A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent or servant. —Homo chartularius. A slave manumitted by charter —Homo commendatus. In feuda

A slave manumitted by charter

In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake of protection or support. See Commendation.

A church vassal; one who was bound to serve a church, especially to do service of an agricultural character. Spelman.

A man of the army, (exercitus;) a soldier.

A vassal or tenant; one who held a fee, (feodum,) or part of a fee. Spelman,

A servant or vassal belonging to the treasury or fiscus.

In old English law. A freeman. A Frenchman.

A free man. A free and lawful man. A yeoman.

A freeman.

A liege man; a subject; a king's vassal. The vassal of a subject

In Spanish law. The tacit consent and approval inferred by law from the omission of the parties, for the space of ten days, to complain of the sentences of arbitrators, appointment

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; to confess. Calvin.

In modern civll law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologates a proceeding. See Homologation. Literally, to use the same words with another; to say the like. Viales v. Garden

In the civil law. Approbation; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act. Merl, RCpert The term is alse used in Louisiana. Hecker v. Bro

In feudal law. A new tenant or vassni ; one who was invested with a new fee. Spelman. Also one who, after conviction of a crime, had bcen pardoned, thus "making a' new man of him."

A term applied in the civll law to cases where a law was repeated or laid down in the same terms or to the same effort, more than once. Cases of iteration and repetition. 2 Kent, C

In feudal law. A feudal bondman or vassal; one who belonged to the soil, (qui glebæ adscribitur.)

5 Coke, 98. A man may be capable and incapable at different times.

A king's vassal.

A Roman. An appellation given to the old inhabitants of Gaul and other Roman provinces, and retained in the laws of the barbarous nations. Spelman.

A man of the three letters; that is, the three letters, "f," "n." "r;" the Latin word fur meaning "thief."

Man (homo) is a term of nature: person (persona) of civil law. Calvin.

Sax. Having in hand. See Handhabend.

Lat. To live honorably, creditably or virtuously. One of the three general precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (Inst 1, 1, 3; Bract, fols. 3, 3b,) th

Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus et honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bractfol. 61.

In English law. A seigniory of several manors held under one baron or lord paramount. Also those dignities or privileges, degrees of nobllity, knighthood, and other titles, which f

A title of courtesy given in England to the younger children of earls, and the children of viscounts and barons; and, collectively, to the house of commons. In America, the word is

In the civil law. An honorary or free gift; a gratuitous payment, as distinguished from hire or compensation for service; a lawyer's or counsellor's fee. Dig. 50, 13, 1, 10-12. An

Lat In Roman law. The law of the prætorB and the edicis of the ædiles.

As applied to public offices and other positions of responsibility or trust, this term means either that the office or title is bestowed upon the incumbent as a mark of honor or co

Those without emolument. 3 & 4 Viet, c. 113, § 23.

Titles of nobility, descendible to the eldest son, in exclusion or ali the rest. 2 Bl. Comm. 56.

In feudal law. Special services to be reudered to the king in person, characteristic of the tenure by grand serjeanty; such as to carry his banner, his sword, or the like, or to be

Trustees to preserve contingent remainders, so calied because they are bound, in honor only, to decide on the most proper and prudential course. Lewin. Trusis, 408.

Tribunals held within honors or seigniories. —-Office of honor. As used in constitutional and statutory provisions, this term denotes a public office of considerable dignity and im

By reason of honor or privilege. See Challenge.

In Saxon law. a thief taken with hondhabend; i. e., having the thing stolen in his hand. Cowell.

L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace, Hony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him who evil thinks.

In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt 5b.

Land plowed and sown every year.

In old English law. A valley. Cowell.

n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 4b. v. As used in a will, this term is a precatory word, rather than mandatory or dispositive, but it is sufficient, in proper cases, to c

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.

Lat. An hour; the hour. —Hora aurorae. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell. —Horse juridicæ, or judiciæ. Hours during whi

In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell.

The hour is not of much consequence as to the substance of business, although in appeal it is sometimes mentioned. 1 Bulst 82.

In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 19, c. 4, § 1.

In old records. A cow in calf.

In old English law. A treasurer. Du Cange.

In old English law. A hoard; a treasure or repository. Cowell.

In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmate, beer barley, as distinguished from common barley, which was called "hordeum quadragesimale." Blount.

In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king's sergeant This was c

A primer; a book explaining the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase "hornbook law" is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or most familiar principles

Sax. In old English law. A tax within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cowell; Blount

In Scotch law. "Letters of horning" is the name given to a judicial process issuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform his obligation in terms of

In old English law. Tenure by cornage; that is, by the service of winding a horn when the Scots or other enemies entered the land, in order to warn the king's subjects. This was a

The promiscuous feeding of bulls and cows or all horned beasts that are allowed to run together upon the same common. Spelman.

Lat. A place for keeping grain ; a granary. A place for keeping fruits, wines, and goods generally; a store-house. Calvin.; Bract fol. 48.

L. Fr. Out; out of; without. —Hors de son fee. Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an action for rent or services, by which the defendr ant alleged that

Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an action for rent or services, by which the defendr ant alleged that the land in question was out of the compass of

An animal of the genus equus and species caballus. In a narrow and strict sense, the term is applied only to the male, and only to males of four years old or thereabouts, younger h

The directing power of the military forces of the kingdom of Great Britain. The commander in chief or general commanding the forces, is at the head of this department. It is subord

Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business.

Except Literally translated by the Scotch "out taken."