A place used by husbandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house. … [Read more...] about HOVEL
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How. L.J.
Howard Law Journal … [Read more...] about How. L.J.
HOSPITATOR
A host or entertainer. Hospitator communis. An innkeeper. 8 Coke, 32. Hospitator magnus. The marshal of a camp. … [Read more...] about HOSPITATOR
HOSTILE WITNESS
A witness called by a party for direct examination but who appears so hostile or adverse to the party calling the witness that a court may allow the party calling the witness to treat the witness as an adverse witness. This allows the calling party to question the witness as if the witness was testifying on behalf of the opposing party and the same rules of cross examination … [Read more...] about HOSTILE WITNESS
HOSPITIA
Inns. Hospitia communis common inns. Bfig. Orig. 105. Hospitia curfew, inns of court Hospitia cancellarice, inns of chancery. Crabb, Eng. Law, 428, 429 ; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 120. … [Read more...] about HOSPITIA
