Law Dictionary

Laying down of arms. Blount. Desertion from the army. Spel. Gloss.

A castle; the station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched. SpeL Gloss.

Capable of being inherited; subject to inheritance. Heritable bond. A bond secured by an inheritance.

In Scotch law. A bond for a sum of money, to which is added, for further security of the creditor, a conveyance of land or heritage to be held by the creditor as pledge. 1 Ross, Le

A bond for a sum of money to which is added, for further security of the creditor, a conveyance of land or heritage to be held by the creditor as pledge. 1 Ross, Conv. 76 ; 2 Ross,

In Scotch law. Grants of criminal jurisdiction made to great families for the better execution of justice. Abolished by 20 Geo. II. c. 43. Bell, Diet.

Grants of criminal jurisdiction formerly bestowed on great families in Scotland, to facilitate the administration of justice. Whishaw. Abolished in effect by St. 20 Geo. II. c. 50.

One whose rights and duties descend to the heir, so far as the heir accepts the succession. Howe, Stud. Civ. L. 133.

In Scotch law. Rights which go to the heir; generally, all rights in or connected with lands. Bell, Diet. "Heritable." property, such as lands, houses, orchards, •woods, marshes, p

The pledge of an inheritance as security.

A Norman law term, meaning real estate. See 2 Watts (Pa.), 61.

An estate in things, descending to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. ich an estate in lands or tenements or things as may be inherited by the heir. mes de la Ley. n estate or property which a

In Scotch law. A land owner.

In Spanish law. A fraternity formed among different towns and villages to prevent the commission of crimes, and to prevent the abuses and vexations to which they were subjected by

In medical jurisprudence. A person of doubtful or double sex; one possessing, really or apparently, and in more or less developed form, some or all of the genital organs of both se

Persons who have In the sexual organs the appearance of both sexes. They are adjudged to belong to that sex which prevails in them; Co., Litt. 2. 7; Doraat, Lois Civ. liv. 1, t. 2,

An hermaphrodite is to be considered male or female according to the predominance of the exciting sex. Co. Litt. 8; Bract, fol. 5.

A hermaphrodite is regarded as male or female according to the predominance of the exciting sex.

The science or art of construction and interpretation. By the phrase "legal hermeneutics" is understood the systematic body of rules which are recognized as applicable to the const

A great lord. Jacob.

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

See Cons.

A heron. Cowell.

or HERNASIUM. Household goods; implements of trade or husbandry; the rigging or tackle of a ship. Cowell. HER0UDE8. Heralds. Du Cange.

Household goods; Implements of trade or husbandry; the rigging or tackle of a ship. Cowell.

L. Fr. A herald.

A harrow. Spel. Gloss.

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

sax. A place of immunity.

This was a composition in money for the custom of suppljnng herrings for the provision of a religious house. Rapalje & L.

sax. In Saxon law. Military service; scutage.

The crime, in Scotland, of carrying off cattle by force; it is described as “the masterful driving pff of cattle from a proprietor’s grounds.” Bell.

A master. Servus fadt ut herus det, the servant does [the work] in order that the master may give [him the wages agreed on]. Herus dat ut servus facit, the master gives [or agrees

The master gives that the servant may work.

An easement. Du Cange.

A little loaf of bread.

In old records. Corn or grain given or devoted to religious persons or purposes. 2 Mon. Angl. 367b. Cowell.

An association; a society. Heuvelborh. A guarantor.

In Roman law. A society or

The head of a religious house; the head of a college; the warden of a corporation.

In Roman law. A company, seciety or college.

Sax. In old English law. A surety, (warrantus.)

presupposes that equitable, as distinguished from legal, rights, substantive or remedial, have arisen from the subject-matter in favor of each of the parties; and it requires that

HAYBOTE. In English law. A liberty granted to a tenant, of cutting as much underwood and bushes on the premises, as was necessary for mending and maintaining the fences or hedges.

the term “Heye Foundation assets” means the collections, endowment, and all other property of the Heye Foundation (other than the interest of the Heye Foundation in Audubon Terrace

the term “Heye Museum” means the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation;

In feudal law. A duty of certain tenants to repair hedges (hays).

A hay-net; a net fbr catching conies. Cowell.

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

In criminal law. A state of violent and uncontrollable rage engendered by a blow or certain other proyotation given, which will reduce a homicide from the grade of murder to that o

The season for sewing winter corn. Cowell.

MALVEILLE8. Ill wijl. In some ancient records this word signifies malicious practices, or crimes and misdemeanors.

In old English law. A tax levied, in emergencies, on every hide of land; the exemption from such tax. Bracton, lib. 2, c. 56. It was payable sometimes in money, sometimes in ships

or HIJODALGO. In Spanish law. He who, by blood and lineage, belongs to a distinguished family, or is noble by descent. Las Pairtidas, 2. 12. 3. The origin of this word has given ri

In Spanish law. Nobility by descent or lineage. White, New Recop. bk. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, § 4. See "Hidalgo." HIDE (from Saxon hyden, to cover; so, Lat. tectum, from tegere). In old E

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

The law of Louisiana imposes on the seller the obligation of warranting the thing sold against its hidden defects. (Civ. Code, arts. 2,450, 2,451.) Hidden defects are those which c

Inquiry into the hidden motives which may move Congress to exercise a power constitutionally conferred upon it is beyond the competency of courts.

An allotment of land to a single family, varying from 60 to 120 acres; land tillable with one plough.

In English law. A term anciently applied to arable land. Co. Litt. 85b.

A tax on each hide of land.

In old English law. A piace of protection; 2 sanctuary. St. 1 Hen. VII. ce, 5, 6; Cowell.

In old English law. A place of protection; a sanctuary. St. 1 Hen. VII. cc. 5, 6; Cowell.

In old English law. Lands appertaining to a hide, or mansion. See "Hide."

A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, § 20.

those organized as a body with other churches having similar faith and doctrine with a common ruling convocation or ecclesiastical head.

Originally, government by a body of priests. Stubbs, Const. Hist. § 376. Now, the body of officers in any church or ecclesiastical institution, considered as forming an ascending s

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

This term, as used in various compound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addition of dignity, not importing a comparison ; but more generally it means exalted, either in rank o

The Administrator shall promptly establish at least one testing center (in addition to the testing centers existing on November 15, 1990) located at a site that represents high alt

See Watermark.

The term "high-assay low-enriched uranium" means uranium having an assay greater than 5.0 weight percent and less than 20.0 weight percent of the uranium-235 isotope. / T

An officer attached to an English county court. His duties are to attend the court when sitting, to servo summonses, and to execute orders, warrants, writs, etc. St. 9 & 10 Vict. c

One of a Chinese society organized for blackmailing, murder, or both.

The terms "high causal evidence rating" and "moderate causal evidence rating" shall have the meaning given such terms by the Secretary of Labor.

who in theory exercises as reside in the Crown; v. Court, 19. were invoked as a favor of the King, but tallized into the system of Equity. The was the highest court of equity, and

See Court of High Commission.

In English law. An ecclesiastical court of very extensive jurisdiction, for the vindication of the peace and dignity of the church, by reforming, ordering, and correcting the eccle

See Court of Admiralty.

See Court of Delegates.

High consequence area defined.—For purposes of this subsection, the term "high consequence area" has the meaning given that term in section 195.450 of title 49, Code of F

The term "high-consequence plant transboundary disease" means a transboundary disease that is— (A) (i) a plant disease; or (ii) a plant pest; and (B) of high consequence,

The term “high-consequence target” means a property, natural resource, location, area, or other target designated by the Secretary that is a viable terrorist target of national sig

An officer appointed in some cities with powers generally limited to matters of police, and not more extensive, in these respects, than those of constables. See "Constable."

Lord. His office has been disused (except only upon great and solemn occasions, as the coronation, or the like) since the attainder of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in the reign of

An office of great and numerous powers and functions, abolished by Henry VIII.

The term "high-cost area" means an unserved area in which the cost of building out broadband service is higher, as compared with the average cost of building out broadban

For the purposes of this section, the term "high-cost contract care cases" means those cases in which the cost of the medical treatment provided to an individual—

the term "high-cost programs" means— (i) the program for Universal Service Support for High-Cost Areas set forth under subpart D of part 54 of title 47, Code of Federal R

The term "high-cost region" means a region in which the average cost of electrical power or heat exceeds 150 percent of the national average retail cost, as determined by

See "Admiralty."

In English law. A tribunal which formerly exercised appellate jurisdiction over cases brought from the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts. It was a court of great dignity, erected

The court of last resort in the state of Mississippi.

See Court of Errors and Appeals.

That branch of the English supreme court of judicature (q. v.) which exercises (1) the original jurisdiction formerly exercised by the court of chancery, the courts of queen's benc

with five divisions, and a Court of

See "Court of Justiciary." composed of the house of peers and house of commons. The house of lords sitting in its judicial capacity. This term is applied to parliament by most of t

The English lienses of parliament; either of them; either of them in the exercise of judicial or quasijudicial functions.

High crimes and misdemeanors are such immoral and unlawful acts as are nearly allied and equal in guilt to felony, yet, owing to some technical circumstance, do not fall within the

A term used in Const. U. S. art. 2, § 4, and elsewhere, as a ground of impeachment. Its technical sense is parliamentary, and it includes many acts not constituting crimes. Cooley,