KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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HOLD

HIS HONOR

HOC QUIDEM PERQU4M DURUM EST, SED ITA LEX SCRIfTA EST. Lat. (This indeed is exceedingly hard, but so the law is written; such is the written or posi tive law.) An observation quoted 'by Black stone as used by Ulpian in the civil law; and applied to cases where courts of equity have no power to abate the rigor of the law. Dig. 40, 9, 12, 1; 3 Bl. Comm. 430. HOC PARATUS EST VERIFICARE. Lat. This he is ready to verify. Hoc servabitnr quod initio convenit. This shall be preserved which is useful in the beginning. Dig. 50, 17, 23; Bract. 736. HOCCUS SALTIS. A hoke, hole, or less er pit of salt. Cowell. HOCK-TUESDAY MONEY. This was a duty given to the landlord' that his tenants and bondmen might solemnize the day on which the English conquered the Danes, be ing the second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell. HOCKETTOR, or HOCQUETEUR. A knight of the post; a decayed man; a hasket carrier. Cowell. HODGE-PODGE ACT. A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley of incongruous subjects. HOGA. In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a how. Grene hoga, Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman. HOGASTER. In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79, §§ 4, 12. A young hog. Cowell. HOGGUS, or HOGIETUS. A hog or swine. Cowell. HOGHENHYNE. In Saxon law. A house-servant. Any stranger who lodged three nights or more at a man's house in a decennary was called "hoghenhyne," and his host became responsible for his acts as for those of his servant. HOGSHEAD. A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixty three gallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing from one hundred to one hundred and forty gallons. Webster. 1. To possess in virtue of a lawful title; as in the expression, common in grants, "to have and to hold," or in that applied to notes, "the owner and holder." Thompson v. Sandford, 13 Ga. 241; Bank of Michigan v. Niles, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 407, 41 Am. Dec. 575; Stansbury v. Hubner, 73 Md. 228, 20 Atl. 904, 11 L. R. A, 204, 25 Am. St Rep. 584. HOLD, v.

en, as a title of honor and courtesy, to the governors of the other states and to the pres ident of the United States. It is also cus tomarily used by foreign ministers in ad dressing the secretary of state in written communications. HIS HONOR. A title given 'by the con stitution of Massachusetts to the lieutenant governor of that commonwealth. Const. Mass. pt 2, c. 2, § 2, art. 1. HIS TESTIBUS. Lat These being wit nesses. The attestation clause in old deeds and charters. HITHERTO. In legal use, this term always restricts the matter in connection with which it is employed to a period of time already passed. Mason v. Jones, 13 Barb. (N. T.) 479. HTWISO. In old English law. A hide of land. HXAF iETA. Sax. A servant fed at his master's cost. BXAFORD. Sax. A lord. 1 Spence, Ch. 36. HLAFORDSOCNA. Sax. A lord's pro tection. Du Cange. HIiAFORDSWICE. Sax. In Saxon law. The crime of betraying one's lord, (proditio domini;) treason. Crabb, Eng. Law, 59, 301. HLASOCNA. Sax. The benefit of the law. Du Cange. HIiOTHBOTE. In Saxon law. A fine for being present at an unlawful assembly. Spelman. HIJOTHE. In Saxon law. An unlawful assembly from eight to thirty-five, inclusive. Cowell. HOASTMEN. In English law. An an- , dent gild or fraternity at Newcastle-upon Tyne, who dealt in sea coal. St. 21 Jac. I. c. 3. HOBBIT. A measure of weight 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. HOBBLERS. In old English 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. HOC. Lat. This. Hoc intuitu, with this expectation. Hoc loco, in this place. Hoc nomine, In this name. Hoc titulo, under this title. Hoc voce, under this word.