Hamlet
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A small village; a part or member of a vill.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A small village; a part or member of a vill. It is the diminutive of ham, a village. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
hamel, hampsel, sax., Hambelettam, hamleta, hamletta, liamelettus, hamlettus, 1. 1., Hamel, hamele, hamelle, I. fr.
In old English law. A little village, or vill; a part or member of a vill, or town; a part less than half; an appendage to a town.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A small village; a part or member of a vill. It is the diminutive of “ham,” a village. Cowell.