HOMO

Latin: A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent or servant Homo chartnlarins. A slave manumitted by charterHomo commendatns. In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake of protection or support. See Commendation. Homo eccle siasticus. A church vassal; one who was bound to serve a church, especially to do service of an agricultural character. Spelman. Homo exer citalis. A man of the army, (exercitus;) a soldier. Homo f eodalis. A vassal or tenant; one who held a fee, (feodum,) or part of a fee. Spelman. Homo fiscalis, or nscalinns. A servant or vassal belonging to the treasury or fiseus. Homo francns. In old English law. A freeman. A Frenchman. Homo ingennns. A free man. A free and lawful man. A yeoman. Homo liber. A freeman. Homo ligins. A liege man; a subject; a king’s vassal. The vassal of a subject Homo novns. In feudal law. A new tenant or vassal; one who was invested with a new fee. Spelman. Also one who, after conviction of a crime, had been pardoned, thus “making a’new man of him.”Homo pertinens. In feudal law. A feudal bondman or vassal; one who belonged to the soil, (qui fflebce adscribitur.)Homo regius. A king s vassal. Homo Romanns. A Roman. An appellation given to the old inhabitants of Gaul and other Roman provinces, and retained in the laws of the barbarous nations. Spelman. Homo trium litterarnm. A man of the three letters; that is, the three letters, “f,” “u,” “r;” the Latin word fur meaning “thief.” Homo potest esse habilis et inhabilis diversis temporibus. 5 Coke, 98. A man may be capable and incapable at different times. Homo vocabulum est naturae; persona juris civilis. Man (homo) is a term of nature: person (persona) of civil law. Calvin.