Part 5255

<i>Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Heretofore</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Here`to*fore"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Up to this time; hitherto; before; in time past.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Hereunto</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Here`un*to"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Unto this; up to this time; hereto.</def>

<h1>Hereupon</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Here`up*on"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>On this; hereon.</def>

<h1>Herewith</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Here*with"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>With this.</def>

<h1>Herie</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"ie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Hery</er>.]</ety> <def>To praise; to worship.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Heriot</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"i*ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>heregeatu</ets> military equipment, heriot; <ets>here</ets> army + <ets>geatwe</ets>, pl., arms, equipments.]</ety> <fld>(Eng. Law)</fld> <def>Formerly, a payment or tribute of arms or military accouterments, or the best beast, or chattel, due to the lord on the death of a tenant; in modern use, a customary tribute of goods or chattels to the lord of the fee, paid on the decease of a tenant.</def>

<i>Blackstone. Bouvier.</i>

<cs><col>Heriot custom</col>, <cd>a heriot depending on usage.</cd> -- <col>Heriot service</col> <fld>(Law)</fld>, <cd>a heriot due by reservation in a grant or lease of lands.</cd></cs>

<i>Spelman. Blackstone.</i>

<h1>Heriotable</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"i*ot*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Subject to the payment of a heriot.</def>

<i>Burn.</i>

<h1>Herisson</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"is*son</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>h\'82risson</ets>, prop., hedgehog.]</ety> <fld>(fort.)</fld> <def>A beam or bar armed with iron spikes, and turning on a pivot; -- used to block up a passage.</def>

<h1>Heritability</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her`it*a*bil"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being heritable.</def>

<h1>Heritable</h1> <Xpage=688>

<hw>Her"it*a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>h\'82ritable</ets>. See <er>Heritage</er>, <er>Hereditable</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Capable of being inherited or of passing by inheritance; inheritable.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Capable of inheriting or receiving by inheritance.</def>