The mansion-house. … [Read more...]
HOMAGER
One who does or is bound to do homage. Cowell. … [Read more...]
HOMESTEAD
The home place; the place where the home is. It is the home, the house and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head of a family, with the land and buildings surrounding the main house. Technically, however, and under the modern homestead laws, a homestead is an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the … [Read more...]
HOLDING COMPANY
A corporation that is designed to be primarily in existence to serve as an entity which owns and controls and holds the stock of other corporations. … [Read more...]
HOGASTER
In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79, ss 4, 12. A young hog. Cowell. … [Read more...]