Hāme'-sēck'en or Hāme'-sŭck'en, n.

(-sĕk'n), Hāme'-sŭck'en (-sŭk'n), n. [A-S. hāmson, from hām, Scot. hame, home, and A-S. sēcean, sēcan, sōcan, to seek, Goth. sōkjan; O. Sw. hemsōkn, Ger. heimsuchung; O. D. heymsocecken, to visit, to invade violently any one's house, O. Sw. hemsōka, Ger. heimsuchen.] (Scots Law.) The felonious seeking and invasion of a person in his dwelling-house. Bouvier.