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HIGHWAYMAN

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A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway. … [Read more...]

HIDGILD

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A sum of money paid by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, L 1, c 47, I 20. … [Read more...]

HIGLER

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In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like. … [Read more...]

HIERARCHY

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Originally, government by a body of priests. Now, the body of officers in any church or ecclesiastical institution, considered as forming an ascending series of ranks or degrees of power and authority, with the correlative subjection, each to the one next above. Derivatively, any body of men, taken in their public capacity, and considered as forming a chain of powers, as above … [Read more...]

HIGUELA

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In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate. … [Read more...]

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