In old Scotch law. Theft or robbery. 1 Pitc. Crim. Tr. pt 2, pp. 26, 89. … [Read more...] about HERESCHIP
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HERISTAL
The station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched. Spelman. … [Read more...] about HERISTAL
HERESLITA, HERESSA, HERESSIZ
A hired soldier who departs without license, 4 Inst 128. … [Read more...] about HERESLITA, HERESSA, HERESSIZ
HERITABLE
Capable of being taken by descent A , term chiefly used in Scotch law, where it enters into several phrases. Heritable bond. A bond for a sum of money to which is added, for further security of the creditor, a conveyance of land or heritage to be held by the creditor as pledge. 1 Ross, Conv. 76; 2 Ross, Conv. 324. Heritable Jurisdictions. Grants of criminal jurisdiction … [Read more...] about HERITABLE
HERESY
In English law. An offense against religion, consisting not in a total denial of Christianity, but of some of its essential doctrines, publicly and obstinately avowed. 4 Bl. Comm. 44, 45. An opinion on divine subjects devised by human reason, openly taught and obstinately maintained. 1 Hale, P. C. 384. This offense is now subject only to ecclesiastical correction, and is no … [Read more...] about HERESY