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  • HUNDRED
    Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprised an indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten titMngs, or groups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The hundred was governed by a high, constable, and had its own court; but its most remarkable feature was the More...
  • HUNDRED-WEIGHT
    A denomination of weight containing, according to the English system, 112 pounds; but in this country, generally, it consists of 100 pounds avoirdupois.
  • HUNDREDARIUS
    In old English law. A hundredary or hundredor. A name given to the chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it Spel. voc. "Hundredus."
  • HUNDREDARY
    The chief or presiding officer of a hundred.
  • HUNDREDES EARLDOR, OR HUNDREDES MAN
    The presiding officer in the hundred court Anc. Inst Eng.
  • HUNDREDORS
    In English law. The Inhabitants or freeholders of a hundred, anciently the suitors or judges of the hundred court Persons Impaneled or fit to be impaneled upon juries, dwelling within the hundred where the cause of action arose. Cromp. Jur. 217. It was formerly necessary to have some of these More...
  • HUNG JURY
    A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.
  • HURDEREFERST
    A domestic; one of a family.
  • HURDLE
    In English criminal law. A kind of sledge, on which convicted felons were drawn to the place of execution.
  • HURRICANE
    A storm of great violence or intensity, of which the particular characteristic is the high velocity of the wind. There is naturally no exact measure to distinguish between an ordinary storm and a hurricane, but the wind should reach a velocity of at least 50 or 60 miles an hour More...
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