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  • HOMIPLAGIUM
    In old English law. The maiming of a man. Blount.
  • HOMME
    Fr. Man; a man. This term is defined by the Civil Code of Louisiana to include a woman. Article 3522, notes 1, 2.
  • HOMMES DE FIEF
    Fr. In feudal law. Men of the fief; feudal tenants; the peers in the lords' courts. Montesq., Esprit des Lois, Mv. 28, c. 27.
  • HOMMES FEODAUX
    Fr. In feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hommes de fief, (g. v.) Montesq., Esprit des Lois, Hv. 28, c. 36.
  • HOMO
    Lat. A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent, or servant. -Homo chartularius. A slave manumitted by charter.-Homo oommendatus. In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake ofprotection or support. See COMMENDATION.-Homo ecole-slastions. A church More...
  • HOMOLOGACION
    In Spanish law. The tacit consent and approval inferred by law from the omission of the parties, for the space of ten days, to complain of the sentences of arbitrators, appointment of syndics, or assignees of insolvents, settlements of successions, etc. Also the approval given by the judge of certain More...
  • HOMOLOGARE
    In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; to confess. Calvin.
  • HOMOLOGATE
    In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologates a proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to say the like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart O. S. (La.) 324. To assent to what another says or writes.
  • HOMOLOGATION
    In the civil law. Approbation; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act Merl. Repert. The term is also used In Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232. In English law. An estoppel in pais. L. R. 3 App. Gas. More...
  • HOMONYMIAE
    A term applied in the civil law to cases where a law was repeated, or laid down in the same terms or to the same effect, more than once. Cases of iteration and repetition. 2 Kent, Comm. 489, note.
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