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HUE AND CRY

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In old English law. A loud outcry with which felons (such as robbers, burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were bound to take up, and join in the pursuit until the malefactor was taken. Bract fols. 115b, 124; 4 BL Comm. 293. A written proclamation issued on the escape of a felon from prison, requiring all officers and people to assist in … [Read more...]

HUNDRED

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Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprised an indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten titMngs, or groups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was governed by a high, constable, and had its own court; but its most remarkable feature was the corporate responsibility of the whole for the crimes or defaults of … [Read more...]

HUEBRA

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Spanish law. An acre of land or as much as can be ploughed in a day by two oxen. Sp. Dict.; 2 White's Coll. 49. … [Read more...]

HUNDRED GEMOTE

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The name of a court among the Saxons. It was holden every month, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the hundred. … [Read more...]

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