Heres
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
See "Haeres." HERESCHIP (Scotch). In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery.
1 Pitc. Grim. Tr. pt. 2, pp.
26, 89. denial of Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed.
4 Bl. Comm. 44, 45.
An opinion on divine subjects devised by human reason, openly taught, and obstinately maintained.
1 Hale, P. C. 384.
This offense is now subject only to ecclesiastical correction, and is no longer punishable by the secular law.
4 Steph. Comm. 233.