HOMMES FEODAUX (Fr.). In Feudal Law. Feudal tenants; the same with hom mes de fief (q. v.). Montesq., Esprit 'des Lois, liv. 28, c. 36.
HOMO (Lat.). A human being, whether male or female. Co. 2d Inst.. 45.
In Feudal Law. A vassal; one who, hav ing received a feud, is bound to do homage and military service for his laud; variously called vassalus, vassus, miles, cliens, feodalls, tenens per servitium militare, sometimes tom and most frequently leudes. Spelman, Gloss. Homo is sometimes also used for a tenant by socage, and sometimes for any de pendent. A holm claimed the privilege of having his cause and person tried only in the court of his lord. Kennett, Paroch. Antiq. 152.
Homo chartularius. A slave manumitted by char ter. Homo commendatus. In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake of protection or support. See COMMENDA TION. Homo ecclesiasticus. A church vassal ; one who was bound to serve a church, especially to do service of an agricultural character. Spel. Gloss. Homo exercitalis. A man of the army (exercitus); a soldier. Homo-feodatia. A vassal or tenant ; one
who held a fee (feodum), or part of a fee. Spel. Gloss. Homo fiscalis, or fiscalinus. A servant or vassal belonging to the treasury or liscus. francus. In old English law. A freeman. A Frenchman. Homo ingenuus. A free man. A free and lawful man. A yeoman. Homo liter, A free man. Homo ligius. A liege man ; a subject; a king's vassal. The vassal of a subject. Homo novas. In' feudal law. A new tenant or vassal; one who was invested with a new fee. Spel. Gloss. Homo pertinens. In feudal law. A feudal bondman or vassal, one who belonged to the soil (qui glebce adscribitur). Homo regius. A king's vassal. Homo Romanua. A Roman. An appellation given to the old inhabitants of Gaul and other Roman provinces, and retained in the law of the barbarous nations. Spel. Gloss. Homo trium litterarum. A man of three letters; that is the three letters, "f," "u," "r," composing the Latin word fur meaning "thief."