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HUSBAND

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(A) domestic relations. A man who has a wife. 2. The husband, as such, is liable to certain obligations, and entitled to certain rights, which will be here briefly considered. (B) mar. law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's husband. Vide Ship's … [Read more...]

HYBERNAGIUM

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In old English law. The season for sowing winter grain, between Michaelmas and Christmas. The land on which such grain was sown. The grain itself; winter grain or winter corn. Cowell. … [Read more...]

HUEBRAS

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In Spanish law. A measure of land equal to as much as a yoke of oxen can plow in one day. 2 White, Recop. (38,) 49; Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet 448, 9 L. Ed. 1137. … [Read more...]

HUNDREDARIUS

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In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given to the chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it Spel. voc. "Hundredus." … [Read more...]

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