In old English law. The wealh, or Briton who had care of the klng’s horses
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In Scotch law. “Letters of horning” is the name given to a judicial pro-cess issuing on the decree of a court, by which the debtor is summoned to perform his obligation in terms of the decree, the con-sequence of his failure to do so heing lia-bllity to arrest and imprisonment It was anciently the custom to proclaim a debtor who had failed to obey such process a rebel or outlaw, whlch was done by three blasts of the horn hy the king’s sergeant in a public place. Thls was called “putting to the horn,” whence the name
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Lat A place for keeping graln; a granary. A place for keeping fruits, wines, and goods generally; a store-house. Calvin.; Bract fol. 48
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In old English lnw. Tenure by cornage; that is, by the service of winding a horn when the Scots or other ene-mies entered the land, in order to warn the king’s subjects. This was a species of grnnd serjeanty. Litt. 5 156; 2 Bl. Comm. 74
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Sax. In old English law. A tax withln a forest, paid for horned beasts. CoweU; Blount
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In old Scotch practice. A kind of trumpet used in denouncing contumacious persons rebels and outlaws, which was done with three blasts of the horn by the king’s sergeant. This was called “putting to the hornand the party so denounced was said to be “at the horn.4* Bell. See Hobninq
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A primer; a book ex-plaining the rudiments of any science or branch of knowledge. The phrase “horn-book law” is a colloquial designation of the rudiments or most familiar principles of law
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In old English law. A hoard; a treasure, or repository. Cowell
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In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmale, beer barley, as distin-guished from common barley, which was called “hordeum quadragesimalc.” Blount
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In Spanish law. A gallows; the punlshment of hanging, white, New Re-cop. b. 2, tit 19, c. 4, J L
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A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce
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L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. Hony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him who evil thinks
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By reason of honor or privilege. See Challenge
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In Saxon law. a thief taken with hondhabend; i. e„ hav-Ing the thing stolen in his hand. CowelL
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Lat in Roman law. The law of the prstors and the edicts of the sediles
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As applied to public offices and other positions of responsibility or trust, this term means either that the office or tltle is bestowed upon the Incumbent as a mark of honor or compliment, without Intending to charge him with the active discharge of the duties of the place, or else that he is to re-cel ve no salary or other compensation in money, the honor conferred by the Incumbency of the office being his only reward. See B os-well v. New York, 81 N. Y. 258. In other connections, it means attached to or grew-lng out of some honor or dignity or honorable ofiice, or else it imports an obligation or duty growing out of honor or trust only, ss distinguished from legal accountability
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A title of courtesy glv-en in England to the younger children of
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In the civil law. An honorary or free gift; a gratuitous payment, as distinguished from hire or compensation for service; a lawyer’s or counsellor’s fee. Dig. 50, 13, 1, 10-12
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Lat To live hon-orably, creditably, or vlrtuously. one of the three general precepts to whlch Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (InsL 1, 1, 3; Bract, fols. 3, 3b,) the others being alterum non Ice der e, (not to injure others,) and suum euique tribuere, (to render to every man his due
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Lat. of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus ct honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bract fol. 6L
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