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  • HERCISCUNDA
    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.
  • HERD
    n. 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. 352.
  • HERD
    v. 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. Phlppa v. Grover, 9 Idaho, 415, 75 Pac. 65; Fry v. Hubner, 35 Or. 184, 57 Pac 420.
  • HERDER
    One who herds or has charge of a herd of cattle, in the senses above defined. See Hooker v. McAllister, 12 Wash. 46, 40 Pac. 617; Underwood v. Birdsell, 6 Mont 142, 9 Pac. 922; Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, | 1544a.
  • HERDEWICH
    A grange or place for cattle or husbandry. Mon. Angl. pt 8.
  • HERDWERCH, HEORDWERCH
    Herdsmen's work, or customary labor, done by shepherds and inferior tenants, at the will of the lord. Cowel.
  • HEREAFTER
    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. More...
  • HEREBANNUM
    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.
  • HEREBOTE
    The royal edict summoning the people to the field. Cowell.
  • HEREDAD
    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.
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