Hundred : \Hun"dred\, a.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Hundred : \Hun"dred\, n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial
division; hund hundred _ a word akin to Goth. ga-ra?jan to
count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod,
hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel. hundra?,
Dan. hundrede, Sw. hundra, hundrade, Goth. hund, Lith.
szimtas, Russ. sto, W. cant, Ir. cead, L. centum, Gr. ?, Skr.
[,c]ata. [root]309. Cf. Cent, Century, Hecatomb,
Quintal, and Reason.]
1. The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten
times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times
ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol
representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
With many hundreds treading on his heels. --Shak.
Note: The word hundred, as well as thousand, million, etc.,
often takes a plural form. We may say hundreds, or many
hundreds, meaning individual objects or units, but with
an ordinal numeral adjective in constructions like five
hundreds, or eight hundreds, it is usually intended to
consider each hundred as a separate aggregate; as, ten
hundreds are one thousand.
2. A division of a country in England, supposed to have
originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Hundred court, a court held for all the inhabitants of a
hundred. [Eng.] --Blackstone.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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HUNDRED, Eng. law. A district of country originally comprehending one
Hundred : families. In many cases, when an offence is committed within the
hundred, the inhabitants tire civilly responsible to the party injured.
2. This rule was probably borrowed from the nations of German origin,
where it was known. Montesq. Esp. des Lois, ]iv. 30, c. 17. It was
established by Clotaire, among the Franks. 11 Toull. n. 237.
3. To make the innocent pay for the guilty, seems to be contrary to the
first principles of justice, and can be justified only by necessity. In some
of the United States laws have been passed making cities or counties
responsible for, the destruction of property by a mob. This can be justified
only on the ground that it is the interest of every one that property should
be protected, and that it is for the general good such laws should exist.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Hundred, WV (town, FIPS 39340)
Location: 39.68411 N, 80.45752 W
Population (1990): 386 (202 housing units)
Area: 1.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 26575
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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