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HERBENGER, OR HARBINGER

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An officer in the royal house, who goes before and allots the noblemen and those of the household their lodgings; also an innkeeper. … [Read more...]

HEREDAD

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In Spanish law. A piece of land under cultivation; a cultivated farm, real estate; an inheritance or heirship. Heredad yucente. From Lat. "haereditas jacens," (q. v.) In Spanish law. An inheritance not yet entered upon or appropriated. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 19, c 2, s 8. … [Read more...]

HENCEFORTH

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A word of futurity which as employed in legal documents statutes and the like always imports a continuity of action or condition from the present time forward but excludes all the past. … [Read more...]

HERBERGAGIUM

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Lodgings to receive guests in the way of hospitality. Cowell. … [Read more...]

HEIRESS

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A female heir to a person having an estate of inheritance. When there are more than one, they are called "co-heiresses," or "co-heirs." … [Read more...]

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