Hamma
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 close joining to a house; a croft; a little meadow. Cowell. In Old English Law. The right of security and privacy in a man's house. Du Cange. The breach of this privilege by a forcible entry of a house is breach of the peace. Anc. Inst. Eng.; Du Cange; Bracton, lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 2, § 3. The right to entertain jurisdiction of the offense. Will. Thorn, p. 2030; Spelman; Du Cange. Immunity from punishment for such offense. Id.; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 44, § 18. An insult offered in one's own house (insultus f actus in domo). Brompton, p. 957; Du Cange. Variously spelled hamsoca, hamsocua, hamsoken, haimsuken, hamesaken.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A close joining to a house; a croft; a little meadow. Cowell.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
iiama, 1.1 A home close; a small croft; a little meadow, or ham; a narrow edge of meadow or grass, in a common field.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A close joining toa house; a croft; a little meadow. Cowell