Legal Term Dictionary

One who does or is bound to do homage. Cowell.

One who does or is bound to do homage. Cowell. Less...

A writ to the eecheator commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of the king's tenant notwithstanding his homage not done. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 209.

A writ to the eecheator commanding him to deliver seisin of lands to the heir of the king's tenant notwithstanding his homage not done. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 209. Less...

L. Lat. Homage, (q. v.) -Homagium ligium. Liege homage; that kind of homage which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords. Spelman. So called from ligando, (binding,) because it could not be renounced More...

L. Lat. Homage, (q. v.) -Homagium ligium. Liege homage; that kind of homage which was due to the sovereign alone as supreme lord, and which was done without any saving or exception of the rights of other lords. Spelman. So called from ligando, (binding,) because it could not be renounced like other kinds of homage.-Homagium planum. In feudal law. Plain homage: a species of homage which bound him who did it to nothing more than fidelity, without any obligation either of military service or attendance in the courts of his superior. 1 Robertson's Car. V., Appendix, note 8.-Homaginm red-dare. To renounce homage. This was when a vassal made a solemn declaration of disowning and defying his lord; for which there was a set form and method prescribed by the feudal laws. Bract. 1. 2, c. 35, f 35.-Homaginm simplex. In feudal law. Simple homage; that kind of homage which was merely an acknowledgment of tenure, with a saving of the rights of other lords. Harg. Co. Litt note 18, lib. 2. Horn agio m, non per proenratores nee pea llterae neri potnit, sed in propria persona tarn domini qnam tcnentls cap! debet ot neri. Co. Litt. 08. Homage cannot be done by proxy, nor by letters, but must be paid and received in the proper person, as well of the lord as the tenant. Less...

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosen by the parties to a suit Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify in a suit.

In Spanish law. The judge of a district. Also an arbitrator chosen by the parties to a suit Also a man in good standing; one who is competent to testify in a suit. Less...

When a person voluntarily takes up his abode in a given place, with intention to remain permanently, or for an indefinite period of time, or without any present intention to remove therefrom, such place of abode becomes his residence or home. This word has not the same technical meaning as More...

When a person voluntarily takes up his abode in a given place, with intention to remain permanently, or for an indefinite period of time, or without any present intention to remove therefrom, such place of abode becomes his residence or home. This word has not the same technical meaning as "domicile." See Langhammer v. Munter, 80 Md. 518, 81 Atl. 300, 27 L. R. A. 330; King v. King, 155 Mo. 406, 56 S. W. 534; Dean v. Cannon, 37 W. va. 123, 16 S. EX 444; Jefferson v. Washington, 19 Me. 293; Welch v. Whelpley, 62 Mich. 15, 28 N. W. 744, 4 Am. St Rep. 810; Warren v. Thomaston, 48 Me 418, 69 Am; Dec. 69. -Home office. The department of state through which the English sovereign administers most of the internal affairs of the kingdom, especially the police, and communicates with the judicial functionaries. As applied to a corporation, its principal office within the state or country where it was incorporated or formed. Rev. St Tex. 1895, art 3096a.-Home port. In maritime law, the home port of a vessel is either the port where she is registered or enrolled, or the port at or nearest to which her owner usually resides, or, if there be more than one owner, the port at or nearest to which the husband or acting and managing owner resides. White's Bank v. Smith, 7 Wall. 651, 19 L. Ed. 211; The Ellen nolgate (D. C.) 30 Fed. 125; The Albany, 1 Fed. Cas. 288: Com. v* Ayer & Lord Tie Co., 77 S. W. 688, 25 Ky. Law Rep. 1068. But for some purposes any port where the owner happens at the time to be with his vessel is its home port. Case v. Woolley, 6 Dana (Ky.) 27, 32 Am. Dec. 54. -Home rule. In constitutional and statutory law, local self-government, or the right thereof. Attorney General v. Lowrey, 131 Mich. 639, 92 N. W. 289. In British politics, a programme or plan (or a more or less definitely formulated demand) for the right of local self-government for Ireland under the lead of an Irish national parliament Less...

L. Fr. Man; a man. Home no sera pnny par sner des brief cs en eonrt le roy, soit 11 a droit on a tort. A man shall not be punished for suing out writs in the king's court whether he be right or wrong. 2 Inst 228.

L. Fr. Man; a man. Home no sera pnny par sner des brief cs en eonrt le roy, soit 11 a droit on a tort. A man shall not be punished for suing out writs in the king's court whether he be right or wrong. 2 Inst 228. Less...

See HAMESOKEN.

See HAMESOKEN. Less...

A mansion-house. Dickinson v. Mayer, 11 Heisk. (Tenn.) 521.

A mansion-house. Dickinson v. Mayer, 11 Heisk. (Tenn.) 521. Less...

The home place; the place where the home is. It is the home, tbe house and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head of a family, with the land and buildings surrounding the main house. See Oliver v. More...

The home place; the place where the home is. It is the home, tbe house and the adjoining land, where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the head of a family, with the land and buildings surrounding the main house. See Oliver v. Snowden, 18 Fla. 825, 43 Am. Rep. 338; In re Allen (Cal.) 16 Pac. 319; McKeough v. McKeough, 69 Vt. 34, 37 Atl. 275; Iloitt v. Webb, 36 N. H. 158; Frazer v. Weld, 177 Mass. 513. 59 N. E. 118; Lyon v. Hardin, 129 Ala. 643, 2!) South. 777; Norris v. Kidd, 28 Ark. 493. Technically, however, and under the modern homestead laws, a homestead is an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the possession and enjoyment of the owner against the claims of his creditors, by withdrawing the property from execution and forced sale, so long as the land is occupied as a home. Buckingham v. Buckingham, 81 Mich. 89, 45 N. W. 504; Campbell v. Moran, 71 Neb. 615, 99 N. W. 499; Iken v. Olenick, 42 Tex. 198; Jones v. Britton, 102 N. C. 166, 9 S. E. 554, 4 L. R. A. 178; Thomas v. Fulford, 117 N. C. 667, 23 S. E. 635; Elllnger v. Thomas, 64 Kan. 180, 67 Pac. 529; Gal-ligher v. Smiley, 28 Neb. 189, 44 N. W. 187, 26 Am. St. Rep. 319. -Business homestead. In Texas, a place or property (distinct from the home of a family) used and occupied by the head of a family as a place to exercise his calling or business, which is exempt by law. Alexander v. Lovitt (Tex. Civ. App.) 56 S. W. 6S6; Ford v. Fosgard (Tex. Civ. App.) 25 S. W. 448. A curious misnomer, the word "homestead" in this phrase having lost entirely its original meaning, and being retained apparently only for the sake ot its remote and derivative association with the idea of an exemption.-Homestead corporations. Corporations organized for the purpose of acquiring lands in large tracts, paying off incumbrances thereon, improving and subdividing them into homestead lots or parcels, and distributing them among the shareholders, and for the accumulation of a fond for such purposes. Civ. Code Cal. ? 557.-Homestead entry. See ENTRY.-Homestead exemption laws. Laws passed in most of the states allowing a householder or head of a family to designate a house and land as his homestead, and exempting the same homestead from execution for his general debts.-Probate homestead. A homestead set apart by the court for the use of a surviving husband or wife and the minor children out of the common property, or out of the real estate belonsing to the deceased. In re Noah's Estate. 73 Cal. 590, 15 Pac. 200. 2 Am. St. Rep. 834-Urban homestead. The residence or dwelling place of a family in a citv. claimed or set apart as a homestead, including the principal house and lot. and such lets as are used in connection therewith, contributing to its enjoyment, comfort, and con-vendee. Ford v. Fosgard (Tex. Civ. App.) 25 S. W. 447: Harris v. Matthews, 36 Tex. 424, 81 S. W. 1204. Less...

Pertaining to homicide; relating to homicide; impelling to homicide; as a homicidal mania. (See INSANITY.)

Pertaining to homicide; relating to homicide; impelling to homicide; as a homicidal mania. (See INSANITY.) Less...