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In old English law. A man armed with a coat of mail. Jacob. … [Read more...] about HAUTHONER

The use of this pronoun in a written instrument, in referring to a person whose Christian name is designated therein by a mere initial, is not conclusive that the person referred to is a male; It may be shown by parol that the person intended is a female. Berniaud v. Beecher, 71 Cal. 38, 11 Pac. 802. He who has committed iniquity shall not save equity. Francis, Max. He who … [Read more...] about HE

To possess corporally, to be vested with possession. "No one, at common law, was said to have or to be in possession of land, unless it were conveyed to him by the livery of seisin, which gave him the corporal investiture and bodily occupation thereof." BL Law Tracts, 113. Have and hold. A common phrase in conveyancing, derived from the habendum et tenendum of the old common … [Read more...] about HAVE

Chief; leading; principal; the upper part or principal source of a stream. Head money. A sum of money reckoned at a fixed amount for each head (person) in a designated class. Particularly (1) a capitation or poll tax. (2) A bounty offered by the laws of the United States for each person on board an enemy's ship or vessel, at the commencement of a naval engagement, which shall … [Read more...] about HEAD

A place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety. … [Read more...] about HAVEN