Under the Saxon orgauiza-tion of England, each county or shire corn-prised an indefinite number of hundreds, each hundred containing ten titMngs, or groups of ten families of freeholders or frank-pledges. The hundred was governed by a high constable, and had its own conrt; but its most remarkable feature was the corporate responsibility of the whole for the crimes or defaults of the Individual members. The introduction of this plan of or-ganization into England is commonly ascrib-ed to Alfred, but the idea, as well of the collective liability as of the division, was prob-ably known to the ancient German peoples, as we find the 6ame thing established in the Frankish kingdom under Clothaire, and in Denmark. See 1 BL Comm. 115; 4 BL Comm. 411
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A ship used to transport horses. Also termed “u/fer.”
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ln French law. Marshals; ushers; process-servers; sheriffs* officers. Ministerial officers attached to the courts, to effect legal servlce of process required by law in actions, to issue executions, etc., and to maintain order during the sitting of the courts
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In Spanish law. A* meas-ure of land equal to as much as a yoke of oxen can plow in one day. 2 whlte, Recop. (38,) 49; Strother v. Lucas, 12 Pet 443, 0 L. Ed. 1137
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L. Fr. A door. “Al huis del es-gIise,” at the door of the church. Bendloe, 133
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ln old English law. An acquittance for an assault upon a trespassing servant. Supposed to be a mistake or mis-print in Fleta for “hinegeld.” Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47, | 20. Also the price of one’s skin, or the money paid by a servant to save himself from a whipping. Du Cange
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In old English law. A ioud outcry with which felons (such as rob-bers, burglars, and murderers) were anciently pursued, and which all who heard it were hound to take up, and join in the pursuit, nntll the malefactor was taken. Bract fols. 115b, 124; 4 BL Comm. 293
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A petty dealer and retailer of small articles of provisions, particularly farm and garden produce. Mays ▼. Cincln-natl, 1 ohlo St 272; Lebanon County v. Kline, 2 Pa. Co. CL R. 622
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one who is in actual possession of and who occupies a house, as
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A place used by husbandmen to set thelr plows, carts, and other farming utensils out of the rain and sun. A shed; a cottage; a mean house
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A family llvtng together. May v. Smith, 48 Ala. 488; woodward v. Murray, 18 Johns. (N. Y.) 402; Arthur v. Morgan, 112 U. S. 495, 5 Sup. Ct 241, 28 L. Ed. 825. Those who dwell under the same roof and compose a famlly. webster. A man’s family living together constitutes hls household, though he may have gone to another state
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The occupier of a house. Brande. More correctly, one who keeps house with his family; the head or master of a family, webster; 18 Johns. 302. one who has a household; the head of a household. See Greenwood v. Maddox, 27 Ark. <»55; Sullivan v. Canan, wils. (Ind.) 534; Shively v. Lankford, 174 Mo. 535, 74 S. W. 835
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A fee paid for housing goods by a carrier, or at a wharf, etc
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In criminal law. Breaking and entering a dwelling-house with Intent to commit any felony therein. If done by night, it comes under the definition of “burglary.”
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In Scotch practice. The hour when a court is met. 3 How. 8tate Tr. 603
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1. A dwelling; a building de-signed for the habitation and residence of men
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An inn; a public house or tavern; a house for entertaining strangers or travelers. St ‘Louis v. Siegrist, 46 Mo. 594; People v. Jones, 54 Barb. (N. Y.) 316; Crom-weii v. Stephens, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 19
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The twenty-fourth part of a natural day; sixty minutes of time
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In old Eng-lish law. This was a test, in cases of accusation, by hot water; the party accused and suspected being appointed by the judge to put hls arms up to the elbows in seeth
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