Law Dictionary

Things capable of being inherited. Co. Litt. 5b; 2 Bl. Comm. 17. By this term, such things are denoted as may be the subject matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself.

That w Mcli is the subject of inheritance.

One transmitted or transmissible from parent to child in consequence of the infection of the former or the presence of the disease in his system, and without exposure of the latter

real estate of inheritance, and " possessed of an irrevocable possession in fee simple " means seized of an indefeasible estate in fee simple.

The crown of England, by the positive constitution of the kingdom, has ever been descendible, and so continues, in a course peculiar to itself, yet subject to limitation by parliam

Same as Descent. See 12 Am. St. Rep. 82, note.

A successor by hereditary succession. Hereditas. Same as Haereditas. Heregeat. Same as Heriot.

Aburdensome inheritance. See Dam NosaA Hare Eep-

Sax. A going into or with an army; a going out to war, {profectio militaris;) an expedition. Spelman.

A heriot (q. v.). Spelman. HEREGELD (Saxon). In old English law. A tribute or tax levied for the maintenance of an army. Spelman.

A tribute or a tax levied for the maintenance of an army. Moz. A W.; Spel. Gloss.

A military tribute.

Herein, as used in legal phraseology, is a locative adverb, and its meaning is to be determined by the context. It may refer to the section, the chapter, or the entire enactment in

Compare Ante. In the clause, in a will, " I give.. to the persons, societies and corporations to 'whom I have hereinbefore made bequests..." means, as the same 710W is or exists.^

A subject Du Cange.

A place of retirement for hermits. Mon. Angl. tom. 3, p. 18.

Followers of an army.

An arch-deacon. Cowell.

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

See "Haeres." HERESCHIP (Scotch). In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery. 1 Pitc. Grim. Tr. pt. 2, pp. 26, 89. denial of Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly

In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery. 1 Pita Crim. Tr. pt. 2, pp. 26, 89.

In the civil law. An heir to the whole estate; a sole heir. Inst. 2, 23, 9. was not subject to the power of the testator, or person who made him heir. Qui testatoris jurét subjecti

HERESSA, HERESSIZ. A hired soldier who departs without license. 4 Inst. 128.

A hired soldier who departs without license. 4 Inst 128.

A denial of some of the essential doctrines of Christianity, publicly and obstinately avowed. See 4 Bl. Comm. 44.

Heresy trials are foreign to our Constitution. Men may believe what they cannot prove. They may not be put to the proof of their religious doctrines or beliefs.

A general, leader, or commander, also a baron of the realm. Du Fresne.

In the time before the present; down to this time; before this time. 167 111. 447; 117 N. Y. 150. In times past; previous time; previously. 253 111. 539. In times before the presen

In Old Records. A court or yard for drawing up guards or military retinue. Cowell; Jac. L. Diet.

Same as Heregeld.

In Scotch law. A gift or present made or left by a tenant to his lord as a token of reverence. Skene.

In Saxon law. Persons who joined in a body of more than thirty-five to commit crimes.

In old English law. A sort of garment Cowell.

In English law. A customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land. Heriot service is such as is due upon a special r

A heriot due under a special reservation in the grant. Herischild. A species of military service.

A species of English military service.

In old Scotch law. A flne or penalty for not obeying the proclamation made for warfare, Skene.

A fine for disobedience to proclamation of warfare. Skene de Verb. Sign.

A division of household goods. Blount.

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.