Honor

Honour, (on'ür.) [L.; Fr. honneur.] (Feud. Law.) A superior feof or seigniory, to which other lordships and manors paid suit and service, and which, in itself, held direct of the Crown.- COURT OF H. (Hist.) In days of chivalry, a court of civil and criminal jurisdiction having power to redre wrongs of honor, and to entertain pleas of arbitrament respecting deeds of arms and usages of warfare.-H. OF WAR. (Mil.) Honorable terms granted by a victor to his conquered enemy, permitting the latter to march out of a town with drums beating, trumpets sounding, colors flying, & c., according to the usual style of martial pomp. A soldier is said to be interred with the honors of war, when his remains are borne to the grave by his late companions-in-arms, who,before leaving, fire volleys of musketry over the spot wherein his body is laid.CODE OF H. See DUELLING.-MAIDS OF H., the title borne by certain ladies of rank and position who act as attendants upon the queen at various European courts. [s. 460]