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  • HORREUM
    Lat A place for keeping grain; a granary. A place for keeping fruits, wines, and goods generally; a store-house. Calvin.; Bract foL 48.
  • HORS
    L. Fr. Out; out of; without. -Hors de son foe. Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an action for rent or services, by which the defendant alleged that the land in question was out of the compass of the plaintiff s More...
  • HORS WEALH
    In old English law. The wealh, or Briton who had care of the king's horses.
  • HORS WEARD
    In old English law. A service or corve'e, consisting in watching the horses of the lord. Anc. Inst Eng.
  • HORSE
    An animal of the genus equua and species caballus. In a narrow and strict sense, the term is applied only to the male, and only to males of four years old or thereabouts, younger horses being called "colts." But even in this sense the term includes both stallions and geldings. More...
  • HORSE GUARDS
    The directing power of the military forces of tbe kingdom of Great Britain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at the head of this department. It is subordinate to the war office, but the relations between them are complicated. Wharton.
  • HORTUS
    Lat. In the civil law. A garden. Dig. 32, 91, 5.
  • HOSPES
    Lat. A guest 8 Coke, 32.
  • HOSPES GENERALIS
    A great chamberlain.
  • HOSPITAL
    An institution for the reception and care of sick, wounded, infirm, or aged persons; generally incorporated, and then of the class of corporations called "eleemosynary" or "charitable." See In re Curtiss (Sur.) 7 N. Y. Supp. 207.
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