A Law Dictionary and Glossary

In English law. An officer at arms whose duties relate to the management of public pageants and solemnities, and the preservation of genealogies and coat armour. Heralds' college:

I. l, Herbage. In old English law. The produce or vesture Of land which is fed upon by cattle; the right of feeding cattle upon the same; the right of pasturage. Herbarium anterius

I I. In old English law. A lodging for guests.

herbigare, I. l, Herberger, /. fr. In old English law. To harbor; to entertain, Herbergatus: entertained; spent at an inn.

erciscere, I. I. To divide or partition.

erciscnnda, I In the civil law. To be divided.

lierdewic, hardewice. In old English law. A grange, or place for cattle and husbandry; a herdsman's village.

Anything that may be inherited, whether a thing corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal or mixed. Corporeal hereditaments are such as are tangible, visible and as may pass by live

sax. In old English law. A heriot.

sax. In old English law. A tribute or tax levied for the maintenance of an army.

heriotum, hariotnm, heriettum, 1. 1. In old English law. A heriot, or hereot

v. Hceres.

so. In old Sci>fs law. Theft or robbery.

In English law. An offense against religion, consisting in a denial of some of the essential doctrines of Christianity, publicly and obstinately avowed.

In Saxon law. A leader or commander of an army, on land or at sea; constable, or marshal.

In Scots law. A gift or present by a tenant to his lord as a token of reverence.

In English law. A customary tribute of goods or chattels, payable to the lord of the fee, on the decease of the owner of the land, — now confined for the most part to copyhold tenu

se. In old Scots law. A fine for not obeying the proclamation made for warfare.

In Scots law. Land, and all property connected with land; real estate.

In Scots law. A proprietor of land.

a jurist of a supplement to the of Diocletian and Jiistlnianeus: the Codex repetitas the new edition of being the one now Theodosius. Codex code of Justinian; to or altering proto

1. 1 In old English law. A day's work with a harrow.

sax. A place of immunity.

sax. In Saxon law. Military service; scutage.

L In the Roman law. A company, society or college.

haybote. v. Hedge-bote.

In old law. A customary burden on inferior tenants, for repairing hedges.

In English law. Oixe who takes care of the pasturing of animals; a herdsman. Hi, I. fr. There; thither.

liy dage, Hidaginm, /. I. In old English law. An extraordinary tax payable to the king for every hide of land; an exemption therefrom.

I. I. In old English law. To tax or assess land by hides. Hidatus: taxed.

hyde. In old English law. A dwelling; a mansion; a portion of land sufficient for the support of a family, or sufficient for the working of one plough for a year. Hide, or hyde and

In old English law. A place of protection; a sanctuary.

I. To adhere; to be close to; to stop; to hesitate; to stick; to be in doubt v. Qui hceret, etc.

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. Hi

The mark which the sea makes on the shore, at. high-water of ordinary tides.

A public way, or way open and common to all, whether a foot way, a carriage way, a bridle way or a water way.

I. I. These being witnesses; the name of the concluding clause in old deeds and charters, which contained the names of the witnesses.

One of the four annual terms of the English courts of common law, beginning formerly on January 23d and ending on February 12th, but now beginning on the 11th and ending on t!he 81

I. In Scots law. On either side; reciprocally.

In the law of bailment, compensation for the use of a thing, or for labor and services.

In the law of bailment, one who takes a thing from another to use it, for a compensation agreed upon.

I I., Hundredary, chief officer of a hundred; a

Pertaining to a city, town or place having the right of local government; belonging to or affecting a particular state or separate community. Municipal aid: aid given by a municipa

sax. In old English certain family.,

I.L In old Scots agriculture.

I. With this expectation. Hoc loco: in this place. Hoc nomine: in this name. Hoc paratus est Yeriflcare: v. Et hoe paratus, etc. Hoc quidem perquam durum est, sed ita lex scripta e

V. Copyhold; Freehold; Leasehold.

To bind; to be of legal efficacy; to judge; to be of opinion; to be the tenant of another; to have an estate of another on condition of paying rent or performing service; to have i

One who has possession; one who has possession by virtue of a lawful title; the person having [rightfully] in possession a bill of exchange, promissory note or check, whether as pa

A holding beyond a term; a continuing in possession, after the expiration of a term. Holding up the hand: a formality observed in the arraignment of prisoners, and in the administr

In civil and Scots law. Any writing, wholly in the handwriting of the maker; a will written entirely by the hand of the testator.

I. fr. and eng., Homaginm, 1.1. In feudal law. An acknowledgment by tenant in knight service that he was the vassal of the lord, saving only his faith to the king. Homaginm' ligriu

In English law. The jury in a court baron; so called, because it commonly consisted of such as owed homage to the lord of the fee.

In English law. One that does, or is bound to do homage.

A place where a person has his abode, without intention to remove therefrom permanently; a household. Home port: the port in which the owner of a ship resides.

I. fr. A madman; a lunatic.

The place of a home or house; a dwelling-house at which a family resides, with the usual out-buildings and lands appurtenant; a home-stall or home-placa

Ifr. and eng., Homicidlnm, I. The killing of one human being by another which may be either justifiable, excusable or felonious. V. Excusable homicide; Felonious homicide; Justifia

1. 1. In old English law. Homage, or the doing of homage.

v. Homo.

LI. In old English law. Homage.

I. I. In old English law. The maiming of a man.

pi. hommes, fr. Man; a man.~ In feudal law. Hommes de flef: men of the fief; feudal tenants, the

I. A man; a human being, whether male or female. Homo potest esse habilis et iuhabilis diversis temporibus: a man may be capable antj incapable at divers times. Homo Romanus: a Rom

gr.-l. In the civil law. To approve or confirm; to assent or consent; to confess.

In the civil law. To approve, to confirm.

In Scots law. An act by which a person approves of a deed, which, in itself defective, is thus made binding upon the person acting. In the civil law. Approbation or confirmation by

I. In feudal law. A liege vassal.

sax. In old English law. A mansion-house, or homestall.

/. In eivil and old English law. Honorably; creditably; becomingly; virtuously. Honeste vivere alteri non laedere, suum cuique tribuere: to live honorably, injure not another, rend

I. In civil and old English law. Of good character, or standing; proper or becoming, v. Non omne, etc.

l, Honour, fr. Honor. In English law. Honor courts: courts held within honors. In feudal law. A seigniory of the nobler sort, having several inferior lordships and manors dependent

1. In the civil law. An honorary or free gift; a gratuitous payment; a counsellor's fee.

In English law. Services incident to grand serjeanty, and commonly annexed to some honor.

pi. horse, l, Here, fr. In old English law. An hour. Hora aurorse: the morning bell. Hora lit ex quadraginta momeutis: an hour consists of forty minutes, — refei-ring to the hour o

In old Scots law. A trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons, rebels, and outlaws. This was done with three blasts of the horn by the king's Serjeant, and was called "puttin

In Scots law. A warrant in the king's name to charge persons to pay, or perform deeds within a certain time, on pain of being declared outlaw, and having their goods poinded in cas

I. fr. Out; out of; without Hors de court: out of court Hors de pryson: out of prison. Hors de son fee: out of his fee; an old plea to an action to recover rent on services. Hors d

I., Hosteller, fr., Hosteler, hostiler. In old English law. An innkeeper.

pi. hospitia, I. In old English law. An inn, hospice, or hostel; a household. Hospitia cancellariae: inns of chancery. Hospitia communia: common inns. Hospitia curiae: inns of cour

A person given up to an enemy, as a security for the performance of a contract between belligerent powers, or their subjects or citizens.

I I. In old laio. A right to receive lodging and entertainment, anciently reserved by lords in the houses ^of their tenants.

Having the character of an enemy; standing in the relation of an enemy.

A state of open war; an act of open war; a hostile character.

pi. liostes, I. An enemy; one who makes war by a formal proclamation of hostility. Hostes humani generis: pirates.

A mixing or blending together; a throwing of one or more the purpose of a more equal division bonorum.

V. inn; Tavern.

sax. Having in hand. v. Handhabend.

The twenty-fourth part of a day. In Scots law. Hour of cause: the hour

A building intended for human into floors and apartments, with four chimney. The word does not necessarily but may be restricted to a single apartment restricted to the building, b

liousbote. v. Bote.

A family; persons who dwell

Pertaining or appropriate to a ture: all personal chattels that may venience of a householder, or the ornament linen, china and pibtures. Household used in, or purchased or otherwi

One who keeps house with household.

One who keeps or occupies from a boarder, inmate or lodger.

Iieredes, I. Heirs, v. HcN'es. In the civil law. Hseredes extranei: strange or foreign heirs; heirs not subject to the power of the testator. Hseredes necessarii: necessary heirs;

I. In old English law. - An inheritance seeker; a person

I. I. In old English law. A hereditament.

I. L In old English make a donation hereditary

sax. In old English law. An assault committed upon a trespassing