High
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
Open, public, as the high sea, a high way; head or chief, as high sheriff; elevated in station, dignity or importance, as a high court; elevated in a bad sense, as a high crime. High sea: the open ocean outside of the fauces terroe, the waters of the ocean without the boundary of any county; any waters on the seacoast which are without the boundaries of low-water mark.
In English law
High commission court: a court of ecclesiastical jurisdiction erected by the statute 1 Eliz., c. 1, but abolished by statute 16 Car. 1, c.
11.
High constable: a ministerial officer otherwise called chief constable, and constable of the hundred, whose duty is established by the judicature act of 86 and 37 Vict, c.
66.
High treason: treason against the sovereign, as distinguished frota petit treason which formerly might be committed against a subject In feudal law. High justice: the jurisdiction or right of trying crimes. In old French and Canadian law. High justicier: a feudal lord who exercised the right called high justice.