In old English law . An acquittauce for an assault upon a trespassingservant. Supposed to be a mistake or misprint in Fleta for “hincgeld.” Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47,

In old English law . A loud outcry with which felons (such as robbers,burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it werebound to take up, and […]

In Spanish law. A measure of land equal to as much as a yoke of oxencan plow in one day. 2 White, Recop. (38,) 49; Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet. […]

L. Fr. A door. “Al huis del es- glise,” at the door of the church. Bendloe, 133.

A ship used to transport horses. Also termed “uffer.”

In French law . Marshals; ushers; process-servers; sheriffs’ officers. Ministerial officers attached to the courts, to effect legal service of process required bylaw in actions, to issue executions, etc., and […]

In old records. A hulk or small vessel. Cowell.

In old records. A hill. 2 Mon. Augl. 292; Cowell.

A moist place. Mon. Angl.

the term used when a person has been disgraced, belittled or made to look foolish.

Under the Saxon organization of England, each county or shire comprisedan indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten tit kings, orgroups of ten families of freeholders or frankpledges. The […]

A denomination of weight containing, according to the Englishsystem, 112 pounds; but in this country, generally, it consists of 100 pounds avoirdupois .

In old English law . A hundredary or hundredor. A name given tothe chief officer of a hundred, as well as to the freeholders who composed it. Spel. voc.”Hundredus.”

The chief or presiding officer of a hundred

The presiding officer in the hundred court Anc. Inst. Eng.

In English law . The inhabitants or freeholders of a hundred, ancientlythe suitors or judges of the hundred court. Persons impaneled or fit to be impaneledupon juries, dwelling within the […]

When an underwrite buys unsold securities and than sells them at a discount . This is also called a sticky or stuck deal.

A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that they cannot agree upon any verdict.

A domestic; one of a family.

In English criminal law . A kind of sledge, on which convicted felons weredrawn to the place of execution.

A wood or grove of trees. Co. Litt 46.

In such phrases as “to tbe hurt or annoyance of another,” or “hurt, molested,or restrained in his person or estate,” this word is not restricted to physical injuries, butincludes also […]

A ram or wether.

In Spanish law. Theft. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 20.

“A married man; one who has a lawful wife living. The correlative of “”wife.””Etymologically, the word signified the “”house bond;”” the man who, according toSaxon ideas and institutions, held around […]