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Heriots
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HeriotsEnglish law. A render of the best beast or other goods, as the custom may be, to the lord, on the death of the tenant.
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Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Render
To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
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Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
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Herbage
English law. A species of easement, which consists in the right to feed one's cattle on another man's ground.
Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
Heresy
1) English law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church. 2) In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy.
Heriots
Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
Hidden bank accounts
A possible indication of Embezzlement, Bribery or Kickback frauds.
Hide
Measures. In England, a hide of land, according to some ancient-manuscripts, contained one hundred and twenty acres.
Hierarchy
Ecclesiastical law. A hierarchy signified, originally, power of the priest; for in the beginning of societies, the priests were entrusted with all the power but, among the priests themselves, there were different degrees of power and authority, at the summit of which was the sovereign pontiff, and this was called the hierarchy. Now it signifies, not so much the power of the priests as the border of power.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Render
To yield; to return; to give again; it is the reverse of prender.
Custom
French custume; Latin costuma; con, together, very; suere, to make one's own - have it one's own way. That length of usage which has become law; a usage which has acquired the force of law.
Lord
In England, this is a title of honor. In the U. S. no such titles are allowed
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
Tenant
Estates. One who holds or possesses lands or tenements by any kind of title, either in fee, for life, for years, or at will
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Herbage
English law. A species of easement, which consists in the right to feed one's cattle on another man's ground.
Hereditament
Anything that may be inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed.
Hereditaments
Estates. Anything capable of being inherited, be it corporeal or incorporeal, real, personal, or mixed and including not only lands and everything thereon, but also heir looms, and certain furniture which, by custom, may descend to the heir, together with the land. By this term such things are denoted, as may be the subject-matter of inheritance, but not the inheritance itself; it cannot therefore, by its own intrinsic force, enlarge an estate, prima facie a life estate, into a fee.
Hereditary
That which is inherited.
Heresy
1) English law. The adoption of any erroneous religious tenet, not warranted by the established church. 2) In other countries than England, by heresy is meant the profession, by Christians, of religious opinions contrary to the dogmas approved by the established church of the respective countries. For an account of the origin and progress of the laws against heresy.
Heriots
Herischild
A species of English military service, or knight's fee.
Heritage
By this word is understood, among the civilians, every species of immovable which can be the subject of property, such as lands, houses, orchards, woods, marshes, ponds, in whatever mode they may have been acquired, either by descent or purchase.
Hidden bank accounts
A possible indication of Embezzlement, Bribery or Kickback frauds.
Hide
Measures. In England, a hide of land, according to some ancient-manuscripts, contained one hundred and twenty acres.
Hierarchy
Ecclesiastical law. A hierarchy signified, originally, power of the priest; for in the beginning of societies, the priests were entrusted with all the power but, among the priests themselves, there were different degrees of power and authority, at the summit of which was the sovereign pontiff, and this was called the hierarchy. Now it signifies, not so much the power of the priests as the border of power.
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