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HONTFONGENETHEF

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In Saxon law. a thief taken with hondhabend; i.e., haying the thing stolen in his hand. Cowell. … [Read more...]

HOMOLOGATE

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In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologates a proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to say the like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart O. S. (La.) 324. To assent to what another says or writes. … [Read more...]

HOMOLOGATION

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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

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The mustering of men; the doing of homage. … [Read more...]

HOMONYMIAE

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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...]

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