(i.e., holyworkfolk.) Those who formerly held lands by the service of defending or repairing a church or monument. … [Read more...] about HAILWORKFOLK
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HALFWAY HOUSE
A temporary place for people to stay who have just left a mental institution or prison and which gradually eases them back into society. … [Read more...] about HALFWAY HOUSE
HAIMHALDARE
In old Scotch law. To seek restitution of one's own goods and gear, and bring the same home again. Skene de Verb. Sign. … [Read more...] about HAIMHALDARE
HALIFAX LAW
A synonym for lynch law, or the summary (and unauthorized) trial of a person accused of crime and the Infliction of death upon him; from the name of the parish of Halifax, in England, where anciently this form of private justice was practised by the free burghers in the case of persons accused of stealing; also called "gibbet law." … [Read more...] about HALIFAX LAW
HAIMSUCKEN
In Scotch law. The crime of assaulting a person in his own house. Bell. … [Read more...] about HAIMSUCKEN