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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...] about HIDGILD

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...] about HIGLER

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...] about HIERARCHY

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

This term, as used in various compound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addition of dignity, not importing a comparison ; but more generally It means exalted, either in rank or location, or occupying a position of superiority, and in a few instances it implies superiority in respect to importance, size, or frequency or publicity of use, e.g., "high seas," "highway." As to … [Read more...] about HIGH