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  • HEREZELD
    In Scotch law. A gift or present made or left by a tenant to his lord as a token of reverence. Skene.
  • HERGE
    In Saxon law. Offenders who joined in a body of more than thirty-five to commit depredations.
  • HERIGALDS
    In old English law. A sort of garment Cowell.
  • HERIOT
    In English law. A customary tribute of goods and chattels, payable to the lord of the fee on the decease of the owner of the land. Heriots are divided into heriot service and heriot custom. The former expression denotes such as are due upon a special reservation in a grant More...
  • HERISCHILD
    In old English law. A species of military service, or knight's fee. Cowell.
  • HERISCHULDA
    In old Scotch law. A fine or penalty for not obeying the proclamation made for warfare. Skene.
  • HERISCINDIUM
    A division of household goods. Blount.
  • HERISLIT
    Laying down of arms. Blount Desertion from the army. Spelman.
  • HERISTAL
    The station of an army; the place where a camp is pitched. Spelman.
  • HERITABLE
    Capable of being taken by descent A , term chiefly used in Scotch law, where it enters into several phrases. -Heritable bond. A bond for a sum of money to which is added, for further security of the creditor, a conveyance of land or heritage to be held by the More...
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