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HERALDRY

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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...]

HEREAFTER

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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...]

HELSING

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A Saxon brass coin, of the value of a half-penny. … [Read more...]

HERBAGE

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In English law. An easement or liberty, which consists in the right to pasture cattle on another's ground. Feed for cattle in fields and pastures. Bract, fol. 222; Co. Litt 46; Shep. Touch. 97. A right to herbage does not include a right to cut grass, or dig potatoes, or pick apples. Simpson v. Coe, 4 N. H. 303. … [Read more...]

HEREBANNUM

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In old English law. A proclamation summoning the army into the field. A mulct or fine for not joining the army when summoned. Spelman. A tax or tribute for the support of the army. Du Cange. … [Read more...]

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