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HOU Home pretends to have perused all the laws, from King Arthur to the time he wrote; and he treats of all branches of the law, pointing out the abuses and making suggestions for their reformation. " It will always be of use to the common lawyer." Hughes' translation differs considerably from the original, though he professes to have kept close to the words and meaning of his author. 2 Reeves' Hist. 358; (4) 116, n; Nic. Eng. Hist. Lib. 155; Crabb's Hist. 225; Bridg. Bib. 161 ; Pref. to 9 & 10 Reports ; Blaxland's Codex, 126 ; 1 Campbell's Lives, 206. ITORNE, THOMAS HARTWELL. A Compendium of the Sta- tute Law, and Regulations of the Court of Admiralty relative to Ships of War, Privateers, Prizes, Recapture, and Prize Money ; with an Appendix of Precedents. 12mo. London. 1803, HORRY, S. C. The Laws relating to Licensed Victuallers. 12mo. London. 1837. . The Law and Practice of Insolvents in the Bank- rupt Court, according to the 5 & 6 Vict., c. 116, as amended by 7 & 8 Vict., c. 96, arranged under various heads ; with Cases and explanatory Notes. 12mo. London. 1844. HORSES. The Law relating to Horses. 8vo. London. 1825. HORSMAN, GIL. Precedents in Conveyancing, setded and ap- proved by himself, and other eminent Counsel; with proper Tables. 4lh ed. 3 vols. 8vo. London. 1785. "The Precedents of Horsman, (a gentleman of great professional reputation in his time,) comprise a greater variety of Forms than those of either Bridgman or Lilly, and are more resorted to in practice than any other, but they possess neither the easiness nor boldness of the one, nor the neatness nor precision of the other; they are, many of them, clumsy in their form, and coarse in their style; they are, however, allowed to be safe, and the provisions, in genera], are numerous and proper." 1 Bart. Conv. 75; Williams' Study of the Law, 125. nOUARD, DAVID. Anciennes lois des Franjais, conservees dans les Coulumcs Angloises, recueillies par Litdeton, avec des Obser- vations Historiques et Critiques, etc. 2 torn. 4to. Rouen. 1766. " Mons. Hoiiard's conceptions about the purily of the Law of Eng- land, have seduced him into a very singular theory. He lays it down, that Littleton's Tenures exhibit the system introduced by William the Conqueror, in all its genuine purity ; that this system was corrupted by a mixture from other polities in the writings of Britton, Fleta, and Glan- ville ; but more particularly in those of Bracton. Full of this prepos- 397