In the civil law. Approbation; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act Merl. Repert. The term is also used In Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232. In English law. An estoppel in pais. L. R. 3 App. Gas. 1026. In Scotch law. An act by which a person approves of a deed, the effect of which is to render that deed, … [Read more...]
HOMINATIO
The mustering of men; the doing of homage. … [Read more...]
HOMONYMIAE
A term applied in the civil law to cases where a law was repeated, or laid down in the same terms or to the same effect, more than once. Cases of iteration and repetition. 2 Kent, Comm. 489, note. … [Read more...]
HOMINE CAPTO IN WITHERNAM
Engl. law.. The name of a writ directed to the sheriff, and commanding him to take one who has taken any bondsman, and conveyed him out of the country, so that he cannot be replevied. Vide Withernam; Thesaurus, Brev. 63. … [Read more...]
HOMOSEXUAL
A person who is attracted to another person of the same gender. … [Read more...]