A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway
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In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells hy retail, small articles of provisions, and the like
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A title of honor given to princes. The kings of England, before the time of James I., were not usually salated with the title of “Majesty,” but wlth that of “Highness.” The children of crowned heads generally recelve the style of “Highness.” wharton
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A free and pnblic road, way, or street; one which every person has the right to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C. C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com’rs v. Cas-tetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 83 N. B. 986; State v. Cowan, 29 N. C. 248; In re City of New York, 135 N. Y. 253, 31 N. B. 1043, 81 Am. St Rep. 825; Parsons v. San Francisco, 23 Cal. 464
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This term, as used In various -compound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addltlon of dignity, not Importing a com-parlson; hut more generally it means exalt-ed, either in rank or location, or occupying a position of superiority, and in a few in-etances it Implies superiority in respect to Importance, size, or frequency or publicity of use, e. g., “high seas,” “highway.”
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In old English law. A place of protection; a sanctuary. St 1 Hen. VII. cc. 5, 6; CowelL
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A sum of money pald by a villein or servant to save himself from a whipping. Fleta, L 1, c. 47, | 20
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In Spanish law. Nobility hy descent or lineage, white, New Recop. b. 1, tit 6, c. 8, | 4
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In old Engllsh law. A measure of land, being as much as could be worked wlth one plow. It is variously estimated at from 60 to 100 acres, but was probably de-termlned by local usage. Another meaning was as much land as would support one family or the dwellers in a mansion-house. Also a house; a dwelling-house
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An extraordinary tax formerly payable to the crown for every hlde of land. This taxation was levled, not in money, but provlslon of armor, etc. Cowell
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In Spanlsh law. A noble; a person entltled to the rights of noblllty. By hidalgos are understood men chosen from
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Sax. In old English law. A surety, (warrantus
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In old records. A customary burden upon lnferlor tenants, for mend-lng or repalrlng hays or hedges
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The head of a rellglous house; the head of a college; the ward* en of a corporation
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In old records. Com or grain glven or devoted to rellglous persons or purposes. 2 Mon. Angl. 367b; CoweU
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Lat. A master. Servus facit ut rterus det, the servant does [the work] in order that the master may glve [hlm the wages agreed on.] Herus dat ut servus facit, the master gives [or agrees to give, the wages,] in consideration of, or with a view to, the servant’s doing [the work.] 2 Bl. Comm. 445
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In old Engllsh taw. A day’s work wlth a harrow. Spelman
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Thls was a composition in money for the custom of supplying herrings for the provision of a religious house, wharton
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