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Hoyman
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HoymanThe master or captain of a hoy.
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Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
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House-breaking
Breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another with intent to commit a felony therein, irrespective of the time of day.
Household
A family; also, pertaining or appropriate to a house or family; household furniture, goods, stuff. Persons who dwell together as a family.
Householder
The head of a household; the person who has charge of, and provides for, a family or household.
Housekeeper
"One who occupies a house. The Constitution of the United States, provides, that ""the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of, the several states; and the electors of each state, shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.""
Hovel
A place used by hushandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.
Hoyman
Hue and cry
English law. A mode of pursuing felons, or such as have dangerously wounded any person, or assaulted any one with intent to rob him, by the constable, for the purpose of arresting the offender.
Huebra
Spanish law. An acre of land or as much as can be ploughed in a day by two oxen.
Huissier
An usher of a court. In France, an officer of this name performs many of the duties which in this country devolve on the sheriff or constable.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Hundred gemote
The name of a court among the Saxons. It was holden every month, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the hundred.
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Master
"This word has several meanings. 1) Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to his apprentices, in loco parentis, and is bound to fulfil that relation, which the law generally enforces. He is also entitled to be obeyed by his apprentices, as if they were his children. 2) Master is one who is employed in teaching children, known generally as a schoolmaster; as to his powers 3) Master is the name of an officer: as, the ship Benjamin Franklin, whereof A B is master; the master of the rolls; master in chancery, &c .4) By master is also understood a principal who employs another to perform some act or do something for him. The law having adopted the maxim of the civil law, qui facit per alium facit per se; the agent is but an instrument, and the master is civilly responsible for the act of his agent, as if it were his own, when he either commands him to do an act, or puts him in a condition, of which such act is a result, or by the absence of due care and control, either previously in the choice of his agent, or immediately in the act itself, negligently suffers him to do an injury.
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House-breaking
Breaking and entering the dwelling-house of another with intent to commit a felony therein, irrespective of the time of day.
Household
A family; also, pertaining or appropriate to a house or family; household furniture, goods, stuff. Persons who dwell together as a family.
Householder
The head of a household; the person who has charge of, and provides for, a family or household.
Housekeeper
"One who occupies a house. The Constitution of the United States, provides, that ""the house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every second year by the people of, the several states; and the electors of each state, shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature.""
Hovel
A place used by hushandmen to set their ploughs, carts, and other farming utensils, out of the rain and sun. Law Latin Dict. A shed; a cottage; a mean house.
Hoyman
Hue and cry
English law. A mode of pursuing felons, or such as have dangerously wounded any person, or assaulted any one with intent to rob him, by the constable, for the purpose of arresting the offender.
Huebra
Spanish law. An acre of land or as much as can be ploughed in a day by two oxen.
Huissier
An usher of a court. In France, an officer of this name performs many of the duties which in this country devolve on the sheriff or constable.
Hundred
English law. A district of country originally comprehending one hundred families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the -hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
Hundred gemote
The name of a court among the Saxons. It was holden every month, for the benefit of the inhabitants of the hundred.
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