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Hayward, one who keeps a common herd, of cattle of a town, and the reason of his being so called may be, because one part of his office is to see that they neither break nor cross the hedges of enclosed lands; or because he keeps the grass from hurt or destruction. He is an officer appointed in the lord's Court, to look to the fields and impound cattle trespassing thereon; to see that no pound breaches be made, and if any be, to present them to the leet, etc.,-Kitch. 46; Scriven on Copyholds.A officer of a town or man or responsible for maintaining fences and hedges, esp. to prevent cattle from breaking through to an enclosed pasture; A cattle herdsman, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 723...
Faust
A tragedy by Goethe commenced in 1772 and published as ldquoFaust ein Fragmentrdquo in 1790 Part 1 complete was published as Faust eine Tragoumldie in 1808 part 2 finished in 1831 was published in 1833 It has been translated into English by Bayard Taylor Blackie Anster Hayward Martin and others nearly 40 in all Goethe accomplished the transformation of Faust from a common necromancer and conjurer into a personification of humanity tempted and disquieted but at length groping its way to the light See Goethe...
Harvey process
A process of hardening the face of steel as armor plates invented by Hayward A Harvey of New Jersey consisting in the additional carburizing of the face of a piece of low carbon steel by subjecting it to the action of carbon under long continued pressure at a very high heat and then to a violent chilling as by a spray of cold water This process gives an armor plate a thick surface of extreme hardness supported by material gradually decreasing in hardness to the unaltered soft steel at the back...
Hayward
An officer who is appointed to guard hedges and to keep cattle from breaking or cropping them and whose further duty it is to impound animals found running at large...
Entertainment
Entertainment, In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary (4th Edn., Vol. 2, p. 916) the word 'entertainment' has been defined thus:Entertainment ..... for a public or special occasion ...... is an entertainment in the sense of a gathering of persons for entertainment.Entertainment (Small Lotteries and Gaming Act, 1956) c. 45, s. 4(1) included a tombola drive alone without accompanying festivities.The monologue or patter of a comedian, even if delivered at an entertainment provided by an institution whose activities are parly educational, was held to be a variety 'entertainment' within the meaning of the section.Similarly in Words and Phrases, Judicially Defined (Vol. 2, pp. 206- 207) the word entertainment has been defined thus:Entertainment is something connected with the enjoyment of refreshment-rooms, tables, and the like. It is something beyond refreshment; it is the accommodation provided, whether that includes a musical or other amusement or not.Similarly in Words and Phrases (Permanent Ed...
Haward
Haward. See HAYWARD...
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