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HOSTILITY

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A state of open enmity; open war. Wolff, Dr. de la Rat. Section 1191. Hostility, as it regards individuals, may be permanent or temporary; it is permanent when the individual is a citizen or subject of the government at war, and temporary when he happens to be domiciliated or resident in the country of one of the belligerents; in this latter case the individual may throw off … [Read more...]

HOPCON

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In old English law. A valley. Cowell. … [Read more...]

HORNING

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In Scotch law. "Letters of horning" is the name given to a judicial process issuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform his obligation in terms of the decree, the consequence of his failure to do so being liability to arrest and Imprisonment It was anciently the custom to proclaim a debtor who had failed to obey such process a rebel or outlaw, … [Read more...]

HOPE

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(noun) - In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 4b.(verb) - As used in a will, this term is a precatory word, rather than mandatory or dispositive, but it is sufficient, in proper cases, to create a trust in or in respect to the property spoken of. See Cockrill v. Armstrong, 31 Ark. 589; Curd v. Field, 103 Ky. 293, 45 S. W. 92. … [Read more...]

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