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Hospes

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

(Lat.)

In civil and old English law. A guest. 8 Co. 32, Calye's case. A host or entertainer. Calv. Lex. More commonly hoepitator. HOSPITATOR (Lat.) A host or entertainer. Hospitator communis, an innkeeper. 8 Coke, 32. Hospitator magnus, the marshal of a camp.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Accommodations for guests; a guest (see 2 Daly (N. Y.), 15; a host.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat A guest 8 Coke, 32.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. A guest. 8 Coke, 82.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

;)/. hospites, I. Guest; host.