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 HOU terous idea, he has published an edition of Littleton, with a Commentary, and, to decide the point without more debate, has entitled it, Anciennes lois des Fran9ais." 2 Reeves' Hist. 88, n. HOiJARD, DAVID. Traltes sur les Coutumes Anglo-Normandes, qui out ele publices en Angleterre tlepuis le XI. jusqu' au XIV. Siecle. 4 torn. 4to. Paris. 1776. Vol. I. contains : 1. A preliminary dissertation, in which the laws made by the Kings under the heptarchy are abstracted, and compared with the capitulary of the laws of the first race of the French monarchs. 2. Extract from Domesday-book. 3. Laws of Hen. L 4, Glanville. Vol. n. 1. Laws of Malcolm Mackenneth, second of his name. 2. Regiam Majestatem, and other tracts relating to the Law of Scotland. Vol. III. 1. Fleta, in which repetitions are retrenched. Vol. IV. 1. Britton. 2. Myrror of Justice. "It is but justice to this curious foreigner to acknowledge, that he has discharged the useful office of an editor with some credit, in amend- ing the mutilated texts of these authors ; at the same time we must express a wish that this task had fallen into the hands of an annotator who was not warped by any whimsical system, and was better acquainted with the Law and Constitution of England. It is probable such a per- son would not have discarded Bracton from the catalogue of English lawyers; and it is more than probable, he would not have committed the numberless mistakes with which Mr. Hoiiard's annotations abound." 2 Reeves' Hist. 283, n; (4) 116. HOUGH, W. H. The Practice of Courts Martial and other Mili- tary Courts. 8vo. Calcutta. 1834. HOUGH, CAPT. AND G. LONG. The Practice of Courts Mar- tial; also, a Legal Exposition and Explanation of the Mutiny Act, and Articles of War. Svo. London. 1825. HOUGH, AV. A Chronological Exposition of Military Law, de- duced from the dilTerent writers, from 1781 to 1838; containing their latest Opinions upon all Points, from the Accusation, Trial, to final Judgment, &c. 8vo. London. 1839. HOUGHTON, TIIO. Ear a Avis in Terris ; or, the complete Miner, in two books ; containing the Laws and Customs of the Lead Mines of Wirksworth and Derbyshire, in 59 Articles ; to which are added some new Standing Laws never printed before. 12mo. Derby. 1729. 398