In Saxon law. A master of a family, keeping house, distinguished from a lower class of freemen, via., folgeras, (folgarii,) who had no habitations of their own, but were house-retainers of their lords. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. To "be divided. Familia herciscunda, an inheritance to be divided. Actio families herciscunda, an action for dividing an inheritance. Erciscunda is more commonly used in the civil law. Dig. 10, 2; Inst 3, 28, 4; Id. 4, 6, 20. … [Read more...]

(A) Another word for ruled or decided, e.g. the court held that the contract was valid; (B) a term for incarcerated, e.g. the suspect was held overnight in county jail. … [Read more...]

Peter-pence, (q. v.) … [Read more...]

(verb) - To tend, take care of, manage, and control a herd of cattle or other animals, implying something more than merely driving them from place to place.(noun) - An indefinite number, more than a few, of cattle, sheep, horses, or other animals of the larger sorts, assembled and kept together as one drove and under one care and management Brim v. Jones, 18 Utah, 440, 45 Pac. … [Read more...]