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HOST

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L. Fr. An army. Britt C. 22. A military expedition; war. Kelhain. … [Read more...]

HOTCHPOT

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The blending and mixing property belonging to different persons, in order to divide it equally. 2 Bl. Oomm. 190. Anciently applied to the mixing and blending of lands given to one daughter in frank marriage, with those descending to her and her sisters in fee simple, for the purpose of dividing the whole equally among them; without which the daughter who held in frank marriage … [Read more...]

HORA

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Lat. An hour; the hour. Hora auroras. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell. Horse juridiese, or judiciss. Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business. Hora non est multum de substantia negotii, licet in appello de ea aliquando fiat mentio. The hour is not of much consequence as to the … [Read more...]

HORS DE SON FEE

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pleading in the ancient English law. These words signify out of his fee. A plea which was pleaded, when a person who pretended to be the lord, brought an action for rent services, as issuing out of his land: because if the defendant could prove the land was out of his fee, the action failed. … [Read more...]

HORCA

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In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 19, c. 4, … [Read more...]

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