Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

HORSE GUARDS

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HOiNY

king's subjects. This was a species of grand serjeanty. Litt. § 156; 2 Bl. Comm. 74. HORN WITH HORN, or HORN UNDER HORN. The promiscuous feeding of bulls and cows or all horned beasts that are allowed to run together upon the same common. Spelman. HORN GELD. Sax. In old English law. A tax within a forest, paid for horned beasts. Cowell; Blount. HORNING. In Scotch law. "Letters of horning" is the name given to a judicial process 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 being liability to arrest and imprisonment. It was ancient ly the custom to proclaim a debtor who had failed to obey such process a rebel or outlaw, which was done by three blasts of the horn by the king's sergeant in a public place. This was called "putting to the horn," whence the name. HORREUM. Lat. A place for keeping grain; a granary. A place for keeping fruits, wines, and goods generally; a store-house. Calvin.; Bract, fol. 48. HORS. L. Fr. Out; out of; without. HORS DE SON FEE. L. Fr. Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an action for rent or services, by which the defendant alleged that the land in question was out of the compass of the plain tiff's fee. HORS PRIS. L. Fr. Except. Liter ally translated by the Scotch "out taken." HORS WEALH. In old English law. The wealh, or Briton who had care of the king's horses. HORS WEARD. In old English law. A service or corvie, consisting in watching the horses of the lord. Anc. Inst. Eng. HORSE. Until a horse has attained the age of four years, he is called a colt. 1 Buss. & R. 416. The word "horse" is used in » quasi generic sense, to include every description of the male, in contradistinction to the female or mare, whether stallion or gelding. 88 Tex. 555. HORSE GUARDS. The directing pow er of the military forces of the kingdom of Great Britain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at the head of this department. It is subordinate to the

HONY. L. Fr. Shame; evil; disgrace. ffony soit qui mal y pense, evil be to him who evil thinks. HOO. A. hill. Co. Litt. 56. HOOKLAND. Land plowed and sown every year. HOPCON. A valley. Cowell. HOPE. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt. 46. HOPPO. A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce. HORA AUROR2E. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegium or cover/eu (curfew) was the evening bell. Hora non est multum de substantia negotii, licet in appello de ea aliquando flat mentio. The hour is not of much con sequence as to the substance of business, al though in appeal it is sometimes mentioned. 1 Bulst. 82. HOR-ffi JURIDIC^!, or JUDICI-ffiS. Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business. HORCA. In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 19, c. 4, § 1. HORDA. In old records. A cow in calf. HORDERA. A treasurer. Du Cange. HORDERIUM. In old English law. A hoard; a treasure, or repository. Cowell. HORDEITM. In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmale, beer barley, as distin guished from common barley, which was called " hordeum quadt agesimale. n Blou nt. HORN. 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 horn;" and the party so denounced was said to be "at the horn." Bell. HORN-BOOK. 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. HORN TENURE. In old English law. 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

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