Gxttter

See Drain. An ordinance requiring lot-owners to keep the " gutters " opposite their premises in good repair, and free from obstructions, was held to refer to the ordinary open gutters along the streets, and not to a blind ditch or culvert covered with planks and soil.' 1 See 3 Bl. Com. 305; 4 id. 338; Gould, PI. 384. 2 State V. Dniry, 13 R. I. 540 (1883); 41 N. H. 407; 1 Bish. Cr. Froc. § 791. On withdrawal of plea, see 23 Cent. Law J. 75 (1886), cases. 3 United States v. Clapboards, 4 Cliff. 303-5 (1874), cases, Clifford, J.; Commonwealth v. Jackson, 132 Mass. 18-21 (1882), cases; People v. Gibbs, 93 N. Y. 473 (1883); 19 Cent. Law J. ^8 (1884). 4 United States v. Curtis, 16 F. R. 187 (1883), cases, Brown, J.; Halstead v. State, 41 N. J. L. 589-96, 577-84 (1879), cases, Beasley, C. J. '^Mc Nair v. Stat©, 14 Tex. Ap. U (1883). H. H. As an initial, may denote habeas, Henry (king), Hilary, hoc, house. H. B. House bill. H. C. Habeas corpus; House, of Commons. fl. L. House of Lords. H. R. House of Representatives. Abbreviations of the Latin 7ioc,this, formerly more in use than at present, are: h. a. for hoc anno, this year; h. t. for hoc titulo, this title; h. v. for hocverbo or his verbis, this word or these words; — the last two being employed as references.