TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In ancient law, a herald was a diplomatic messenger who carried messages between kings or states, and especially proclamations of war, peace, or truce. In English law, a herald is an officer whose duty is to keep genealogical lists and tables, adjust armorial bearings, and regulate the ceremonies at royal coronations and funerals. Heralds' College. In England. An ancient royal … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Herdsmen's work, or customary labor, done by shepherds and inferior tenants, at the will of the lord. Cowel. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The end-wall covering and defending the rest of the building. Paroch. Antiq. 573. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The art, office, or science of heralds. Also an old and obsolete abuse of buying and selling precedence In the paper of causes for hearing. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A word of futurity, always used in statutes and legal documents as indicative of future time, excluding both the present and the past Chapman v. Holmes, 10 N. J. Law, 26; Tremont A S. Mills v. Lowell, 165 Mass. 265, 42 N. E. 1184; Dobbins v. Cragin, 50 N. J. Eq. 640, 23 Atl. 172; Thomas v. Mueller, 106 111. 43. … [Read more...]