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  • HONTFONGENETHEF
    In Saxon law. a thief taken with hondhabend; i. e., haying the thing stolen in his hand. Cowell.
  • HONY
    L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. Eony soit qui mat y penset evil be to him who evil thinks.
  • HOO
    In old English law. A hill. Co. Litt 5b.
  • HOOKLAND
    Land plowed and sown every year.
  • HOPCON
    In old English law. A valley. Cowell.
  • HOPE
    n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 4b.
  • HOPE
    v. As used in a will, this term is a precatory word, rather than mandatory or dispositive, but it is sufficient, in proper cases, to create a trust in or in respect to the property spoken of. See Cockrill v. Armstrong, 31 Ark. 589; Curd v. Field, 103 Ky. 293, More...
  • HOPPO
    A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce.
  • HORA
    Lat. An hour; the hour. -Hora auroras. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover feu (curfew) was the evening bell.-Horse juridicse, or judioiss. Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business. Hora non est mnltnm da substantia no-go til, licet in More...
  • HORCA
    In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 19, c. 4, | 1.
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