KFLCC Kingdom Law 2nd Ed.

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HOPCON

HORSE GUARDS

HOPCON. In old English law. A valley. Cowell. HOPE, n. In old English law. A valley. Co. Litt 46. HOPE, v. As used in a will, this term is a precatory word, rather than mandatory or dispositive, but it is sufficient, in proper cases, to create a trust in or in respect to the property spoken of. See Cockrill v. Arm strong, 31 Ark. 589; Curd v. Field, 103 Ky. 293, 45 S. W. 92. HOPPO. A Chinese term for a collector; an overseer of commerce. HORA. Lat An hour; the hour. —Hora aurorse. In old English law. The morning bell, as ignitegivam or coverfeu (curfew) was the evening bell.—Horse juridicse, or judicise. Hours during which the judges sat in court to attend to judicial business. Hora non est multnm de substantia ne gotii, licet in appello de ea aliqnando fiat 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. HORCA. In Spanish law. A gallows; the punishment of hanging. White, New Re cop, b. 2, tit 19, c. 4, { 1. HORDA. In old records. A cow in calf. HORDERA. In old English law. A treasurer. Du Cange. HORDERIXTM. In old English law. A hoard; a treasure, or repository. Cowell. HORDEUM. In old records. Barley. Hordeum palmate, beer barley, as distin guished from common barley, which was called "hordeum quadragesimale." Blount. 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. See HOBNING. 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 king's subjects. This was a species of grand serjeanty. Litt. § 156; 2 Bl. Comm. 74. HORN WITH HORN, or HORN UN DER HORN. The promiscuous feeding of

bulls and cows or all horned beasts that are allowed to run together upon the same com mon. Spelman. HORNGELD. 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 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 being lia bility to arrest and imprisonment It was an ciently 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. Out of his fee. In old pleading, this was the name of a plea in an ac tion for rent or services, by which the defend ant alleged that the land in question was out of the compass of the plaintiff's fee. Mather v. Wood, 12 Pa. Co. Ct. R, 4.—Hors pris. Ex cept. Literally translated by the Scotch "out taken." HORS WEAIiH. 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 coru^e, consisting in watching the horses of the lord. Anc Inst Eng. HORSE. An animal of the genus equus and species caoallus. In a narrow and strict sense, the term is applied only to the male, and only to males of four years old or there abouts, younger horses being called "colts." But even in this sense the term includes both stallions and geldings. In a wider sense, and as generally used in statutes, the word is taken as nomen generalissimum, and in cludes not only horses strictly so called, but also colts, mares and fillies, and mules and asses. See Owens v. State, 38 Tex. 557; Ashworth v. Mounsey, L. R. 9 Exch. 187; Pul len v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91; Allison v. Brookshire, 38 Tex. 201; State v. Ingram, 16 Kan. 19; State v. Dunnavant 3 Brev. (S. C.) 10, 5 Am. Dec. 530; State v. Gooch, 60 Ark. 218, 29 S. W. 640; Davis v. Collier, 13 Ga. 491. Compare Richardson v. Chicago & A. R Co., 149 Mo. 311, 50 S. W. 782. HORSE GUARDS. The directing power of the military forces of the kingdom of Great Britain. The commander in chief, or general commanding the forces, is at the