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  • HAERETARE
    In old English law. To give a right of inheritance, or make the donation hereditary to the grantee and his heirs. Cowell.
  • HAERETICO COMBURENDO
    The statute 2 Hen. IV. c. 15, de haretico-comburendo, was the flrst penal law enacted against heresy, and imposed the penalty of death by burning against, ail heretics who relapsed or who refused to abjure their opinions. It was repealed by the statute 29 Car. II. c. 9. Brown. This More...
  • HAFNE
    A haven or port Cowell. -Hafne courts. Haven courts; courts anciently held in certain ports in England. Spelman.
  • HAGA
    A house in a city or borough. Scott.
  • HAGIA
    A hedge. Mon. Angl. torn. 2, p. 273.
  • HAGNE
    A little hand-gun. St 33 Hen. VIII. c 6.
  • HAGNEBUT
    A hand-gun of a larger description than the hagne. St 2 A S Edw. VI. c. 14; 4 & 5 P. A M. c. 2.
  • HAIA
    In old English law. A park inclosed. Cowell.
  • HAIEBOTE
    In old English law. A permission or liberty to take thorns, etc., to make or repair hedges. Blount.
  • HAILL
    In Scotch law. Whole; the whole "All and haill" are common words in conveyances. 1 Bell, App. Cas. 499.
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