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Highness

Highness, a title of honour given to princes. The kings of England, before the time of James I., were not usually saluted with

Heirloom

England, 4th Edn., Vol. 39, para 390, p. 273. Armour and other relics hung in a Church in honour of an ancestor were also heirlooms, see Hill v. Hill, (1897) 1 QB 483 CA.

Haderunga

Haderunga [fr. had, Sax., person, and arung, honoured], respect of persons; partiality, Ibid

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of any form of worship or the performance of any ceremony threat, with a view to perpetuate the honour of, or to preserve the memory of, a person who has committed sati. [Commission of Sati (Prevention) Act,

Candlemas-day

festival appointed by the Church to be observed on the second day of February in every year, in honour of the purification of the Virgin Mary; so called from the processions with lighted candles, and consecration of

Earl Marshal of England

state who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the Court of Chivalry and the Court of Honour. Under him is the Heralds Office, or College of Arms. This office of Earl Marshal is of great

Domina (Dame)

Domina (Dame), a title given to honourable women, who, anciently, in their own right of inheritance, held a barony, Cowel

Discretion

to the rules of reason and justice and not according to private opinion; according to law and not honour. It only gives certain latitude liberty accorded by statute or rules, to a judge as distinguished from a

Dame

dama, Sp.], the legal designation of the wife of a knight or baronet a woman, lady; maid of honour; the mistress of a house; a matron; a mother; a noble lady; a name given to members of

Corpus Christi Day

Corpus Christi Day, the 2nd June, a feast instituted in 1264 in honour of the Blessed Sacrament, and on which fairs and markets are prohibited by the still unrepealed 27 Hen.

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