A wrlt to the escheator commanding him to de-liver seisin of lands to the heir of the king’s tenant, notwithstanding his homage not done. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 269
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In eccleslastlcal law. The orders of bishops, (Including archbish-ops,) priests, and deacons in the Church of England. The Roman canonists had the or-ders of bishop, (in which the pope and arch-bishops were included,) prlest, deacon, sub-deacon, psalmist, acolyte, exorcist, reader, ostiarius. 3 Stepb. Comm. 55, and note a
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In feudal law. A service (or the ceremony of rendering it) which a tenant was bound to perform to his lord on receiving investiture of a fee, or succeeding to it as heir, in acknowledgment of the ten-ure. It is described by Littleton as thc most honorable service of reverence that a free tenant might do to his lord. The ceremony was as follows: The tenant, heing ungirt and wlth hare head, knelt before the lord
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A will or deed written entirely by the testator or grantor with hls own hand. Estate of Billings, 64 Cal. 427, 1 Pac. 701; Harrison v. weatherby, 180 111. 418, 64 N. E. 237
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Sax. In old English law. A wood or grove. Spelman; Cowell; Co. Litt. 4b
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In Spanish law. A holograph. An Instrument (particularly a will) wholly in the handwriting of the person executing it; or which, to be valid, must be so wrltten by hls own hand
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In English law. A piece of land held under a lease or slmllar tenancy for agricultural, pastoral, or slmllar pur-poses
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A religious festival; a day set apart for commemorating some important event in history; a day of exemption from labor. Webster. A day upon which the usual operations of business are suspended and the courts closed, and, generally, no legal process is served
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The holder of a bill of exchange, promissory note, or check is the person who bas legally acquired the possession of the same, from a person capable of trans-ferring it, by indorsement or delivery, and who is entitled to receive payment of the instrument from the party or parties liable to meet it. Bowling v. Harrison, 6 How. 258, 12 L. Ed. 425; Crocker-woolworth Nat. Bank v. Nevada Bank, 139 Cal. 564, 73 Pac. 456, 63 L. R. A. 245, 96 Am. St. Rep. 169; Rlce v. Hogan, 8 Dana (Ky.) 135; Rev. Laws Mass. 1902, p. 053. $ 207
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Sax. In Saxon law. A mll-ltary commander. Spelman
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In Saxon law. A house-servant. Any stranger who lodged three nlghts or more at a man’s house in a decennary was called “hoghenhyne,” and hls host became responsible for his acts as for those of his servant
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A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixty-three gallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinlte contents, but usually containing from one hundred to one hundred and forty gallons, webster
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In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79, §§ 4, 12. A young hog. Cowell
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A name applled to a statute which comprises a medley of incongruous subjects
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In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a how. Qrene hoga, Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman
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A hoke, hole, or less-er pit of salt. Cowell
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This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants and bondmen might solemnize the day on which the English conquered the Danes, being the second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell
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Let. (This Indeed is exceedingly hard, bat so the law is written; such is the written or positive law.) An observation quoted by Blackstone as used by Ulplan in the civil law; and applied to cases where courts of equlty have no power to abate the rigor of the law. Dig. 40, 9, 12, 1; 3 Bl. Comm. 430
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Lat This he is ready to verify.
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A measure of welght in use in wales, equal to 168 pounds, being made up of four welsh pecks of 42 pounds each. Hughes v. Humphreys, 26 Eng. L. & Eq. 132
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In old Engllsh law. Light horsemen or bowmen; also certain tenants, bound by their tenure to maintain a little light horse for giving notice of any invasion, or such like peril, towards the seaside. Cam* den, Brit
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In Saxon law. An unlawful assembly from eight to thirty-five, inclusive. Cowell
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