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Latin: A place for keeping grain; a granary. A place for keeping fruits, wines, and goods generally; a store-house. Calvin.; Bract fol. 48. … [Read more...] about HORREUM

A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce. … [Read more...] about HOPPO

L. Fr. Out; out of; without. Hors de son foe. Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an action for rent or services, by which the defendant alleged that the land in question was out of the compass of the plaintiff s fee. Mather v. Wood, 12 Pa. Co. Ct. It 4. Hors pris. Except Literally translated by the Scotch "out taken." … [Read more...] about HORS

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...] about HORA

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...] about HORS DE SON FEE