Hlow. Prac
(N. Y.) 520; Sasser v. Martin, 101 Ga, 447, 29 S. E. 278.—Public act. A universa] rule or law that regards the whole community, and of which the courts of law are bound to take notice judicially and eA officto without ...
Terms beginning with "H" (328 total)
Hnglish Election Cases
a Fam. Cas. Cir. Ev. Famous Cases of Circumstantial Evidence, by Phillips.
Hob
224. 155. 344. The reason of contrary things is contrary. 344. By too much altercation truth is lust. 96. The practice of the judges is the interpreter of the laws. 99. Let the ravisher answer, for he cannot be igno...
HOC
Lat. This. Hoc intuitu, with this expectation. Hoc loco, in this place. Hoc nomine, in this name. Hoc titulo, under this title. Hoc voce, under this word.
HOCKETTOR, or HOCQUETEUR. A
knight of the post; a decayed man; a basket carrier. Cowell.
Hodge v. Palms, 117 Fed
396, 54 C. C. A. 570. —Act of settlement. The statute (12 & 13 Wm. III. c« 2) limiting the crown to the Princess Sophia of Hanover, and to the heirs of her body being Protestants —Act of state. An act done by the so...
Hoff. Land (or Hoff
L.©.). l Hoffman’s Land Cases, United States District Court. Hoff. Lead. Cas. Hoffman’ 8 Leading Cases on Commercial Law. _, Hoff. Mast. Hoffman’ s Master in Chan- Hoff. N. Y. (or Hoffm. Oh.). ‘New- York Chancer...
Hoffman, 116 Ill
587, 5 N. E. 600, 56 Am.
Hogle y. Insurance Co., 6 Rob
(N. Y.) 570; Ferdon v. Canfield, 104 N. Y. 143, 10 N. E. 146; Insurance Co. vy. Luchs, 108 U. 8. 498, 2 Sup. Ct. 949, 27 L. Ed. 800.
HOLD
2. To be the grantee or tenant of another; to take or have an estate from another. Properly, to have an estate on condition of paying rent, or performing service.
HOLD, v
1. To possess in virtue of a lawful title; as in the expression, common in grants, “to have and to hold,” or in that applied to notes, ‘the owner and holder.”
Holidays. Dig
2, 12, 2, 9.—Dies gratis. In old English practice. A day of grace, cour tesy, or favor. Co. Litt. 1346. ‘The quarto die ost was sometimes so called. Id. 1354a.—Dies teroisi. In Roman law. Divided days; days on whic...
Holloway, 156 Mo
222, 56 S. W. 734; Hotema v. U. S., 186 U. S. 418, 22 Sup. Ct. 893, 46
Holm
(or Holmes). Holmes’ United States Circuit Court Reports;—Holmes’ Reports, vols. 15-17 Oregon.
Holman District Tp
37 Iowa, 544; Root v.
Holman, 60 Mo
504. In English law, the following mortgages are eqnitanle (1) Where the subject of a mortgage is trust property, which security ig effected either by a formal deed or a written memorandum, notice being given to the trus...
Holmes v. Holmes, 40 Conn
120; Railroad Co. v. Attalla, 118 Ala. 362, 24 South. 450; Territory v. Harris, 8 Mont. 140, 19 Pac. 286;
Holmes, 12 Barb
(N. Y.) 144; Smith vy.
Holmes, 127 Mass
424, 34 Am. Rep. 391.
Holmes, etc., ‘Tel. Co
v. Domestic, ete., Tel.
Holo
L. Cas. Holcombe’s Leading Cases of Commercial Law.
HOMAGE
HOLDES. Sax. In Saxon law. A military commander. Spelman. the latter sitting, and held his hands extended and joined between the hands of the lord, and said: “I become your man [homo] from this day forward, of life an...
HOMAGIUM
L. Lat. Homage, (q. v.)
Home Jns. Co
v. Weide, 11 Wall. 438, 20 L.
HOMESTEAD
persona tam domini quam tenentis capi debet et fleri. Co. Litt. 68. Homage cannot be done by proxy, nor by letters, but must be paid and received in the proper person, a8 well of the lord as the tenant.
HOMESTEAD 576
louse and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head of a family, with the land and buildings surrounding the main house. See Oliver v. Snowden, 18 Fila. 825, ...
HOMICIDE
life of another human being. Sanders v.
HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM
.tU0M. A writ to take him that had taken any bond man or woman, and led him or her out of the country, so that he or she could not be replevied according to law. Reg.
HOMINES
Lat. In feudal law. Men; feudatory tenants who claimed a privilege of having their causes, etc, tried only in their lord’s court. Paroch. Antig. 15. -—Homines ligii. Liege men: feudal tenants
HOMIOCIDIUM
Lat. Homicide, (c. v.)
HOMME
Fr. Man; aman. This term is defined by the Civil Code of Louisiana to include a woman. Article 3522, notes 1, 2.
HOMMES DE FIEF
Fr. In feudal law. Men of the fief; feudal tenants; the peers in the lords’ courts. Montesq., Esprit des
HOMMES FEODAUX
Fr. In feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hom- Bi. Law Dict.{2p Ep.)—37
HOMO
Lat. A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent, or servant.
HOMOLOGATION
mes de ficf, (c. v.) Montesq., Esprit des tion of some act. Merl. Répert. The term is also used in Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232.
HONESTE VIVERE
Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the three general precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (Inst. 1, 1, 3; Bract. fols. 3, 3b,) the others being alterum non ledere, (no...
HONESTUS
Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus ct honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bract. fol. 6L
HONORARIUM JUS
Lat. In Roman law.: The law of the preetors and the edicts of the esediles.
HONY
L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace.
Hony sott qui mat y pense, evil be
to him who evil thinks.
HOO: PARATUS EST VERIFICARE
Lat. This he is ready to verify.
Hood vy. State, 56 Ind
263, 26 Am. Rep. 21; State v. Connoway, on ebe: (Ohio) 90+ State y.
HOOKLAND
earls, and the children of viscounts and bar-
Hooper, 19 Mo
357; asia ¥ Goodman, 80 Mo. App. 281; 1 Bish. Mar. & Div. § 826. But the phrase “indignities to the person,” as used in statutes, has reference to hodily
Hooper, 8 Sumn
290, Fed. Cas. No. 11,186;
HOPCON
HOPCON. In old English law. A valley. Cowell. . HOPE, » In old English law. A valley.
Hopk. Adm
(or Judg.). Hopkinson’s Pennsylvania Admiralty Judgments.
Hor. Jur
52.—Edictum provinciale. An edict or system of rules for the administration of justice, similar to the edict of the preetor, put forth by the proconsuls and propreetors in the provinces of the Roman Empire. Mackeld. Ro...
HORA
Lat. An hour; the hour.
HORN WITH HORN, or HORN UN
DER HORN. The promiscuous feeding of