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  • HAUTHONER
    In old English law. A man armed with a coat of mail. Jacob.
  • HAVE
    Lat. A form of the salutatory expression "Ave," used in the titles of some of the constitutions of the Theodoslan and Justlnianean codes. See Cod. 7, 62, 9; Id. 9, 2, 11.
  • HAVE
    To possess corporally. "No one, at common law, was said to have or to be in possession of land, unless it were conveyed to him by the livery of seisin, which gave him the corporal investiture and bodily occupation thereof." BL Law Tracts, 113. -Hare and hold. A common phrase More...
  • HAVEN
    A place of a large receipt and safe riding of ships, so situate and secured by the land circumjacent that the vessels thereby ride and anchor safely, and are protected by the adjacent land from dangerous or violent winds; as Mllford Haven, Plymouth Haven, and the like. Hale de Dure More...
  • HAW
    A small parcel of land so called In Kent; houses. Co. Litt. 5.
  • HAWBERK
    A coat or shirt of mail; hence, derivatively (In feudal law) one who held a fief on the duty or service of providing himself with such armor and standing ready, thus equipped, for military service when called on. Wharton.
  • HAWGH, HOWGH
    In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 5b.
  • HAWKER
    A trader who goes from place to place, or along the streets of a town, selling the goods which he carries with him. It is perhaps not essential to the idea, but Is generally understood from the word, that a hawker is to be one who not only carries goods More...
  • HAY-BOTE
    Another name for "hedge-bote," being one of the estovers allowed to a tenant for life or years, namely, material for repairing the necessary hedges or fences of his grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 35; 1 Washb. Real Prop. 129.
  • HAYWARD
    In old English law. An officer appointed in the lord's court to keep a common herd of cattle of a town; so called because he was to see that they did not break or Injure the hedges of inclosed grounds. His duty was also to impound trespassing cattle, and to More...
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