Legal Term Dictionary

Sax. In old English law. A wood or grove. Spelman; Cowell; Co. Litt 4b.

Sax. In old English law. A wood or grove. Spelman; Cowell; Co. Litt 4b. Less...

In ecclesiastical law. The orders of bishops, (including archbishops,) priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the orders of bishop, in which the pope and archbishops were included, priest, deacon, sub-deacon, psalmist, acolyte, exorcist, reader, ostiarlus. 3 Steph. Comm. 55, and note a.

In ecclesiastical law. The orders of bishops, (including archbishops,) priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the orders of bishop, in which the pope and archbishops were included, priest, deacon, sub-deacon, psalmist, acolyte, exorcist, reader, ostiarlus. 3 Steph. Comm. 55, and note a. Less...

In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenant was bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it as heir, in acknowledgment of the tenure. It is described by Littleton as the most honorable service of reverence More...

In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenant was bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it as heir, in acknowledgment of the tenure. It is described by Littleton as the most honorable service of reverence that a free tenant might do to his lord. The ceremony was as follows: The tenant, being ungirt and with bare head, knelt before the lord. the latter sitting, and held his hands extended and Joined between the hands of the lord, and said: "I become your man [homo] from this day forward, of life and limb and earthly honor, and to you will be faithful and loyal, and bear you faith, for the tenements that I claim to hold of you, saving the faith that I owe unto our sovereign lord the king, so help me God." The tenant then received a kiss from the lord. Homage could be done only to the lord himself. Litt. s 85; Glanv. lib. 9, c. 1; Bract fols. 77b, 78-80; Wharton. "Homage" is to be distinguished from "fealty," another incident of feudalism, and which consisted in the solemn oath of fidelity made by the vassal to the lord, whereas homage was merely an acknowledgment of tenure. If tbe homage was intended to include fealty, it was called "liege homage;" but otherwise it was called "simple homage." Brown. -Homage ancestral. In feudal law. Horn-ape was called by this name where a man and hi& ancestors had immemorially held of another and his ancestors by the service of homage, which bound tbe lord to warrant the title, ana also to hold the tenant clear of all services to superior lords. If the tenant aliened in fee, his alienee was a tenant by homage, but not by homage ancestral. Litt. 1148; 2 Bl. Oomm. 300.-Homage jury. A jury la a court-baron, consisting of tenants that do homage, who are to inquire and make presentments of the death of tenants, surrenders, admittances, and the like.-Homage liege. 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. Less...

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...