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Bidal, or Bidall

Bidal, or Bidall [fr. biddan, Sax., to pray] an invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some...

Bastardy-bonds, to indemnify parishes as to natural children likely to be born, made void by the (English) Poor Law Amendment...

Bair-man, a poor insolvent debtor, left bare and naked, who was obliged to swear in court that he was not...

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Azaldus, a poor horse or jade, Cowel.

Audit, an examining of accounts. An audit may be either detailed or administrative, and is usually both. A detailed audit...

Assize, or assise [fr. assideo, Lat., to sit together; whence assire, O. Fr., to set, assis, set, seated, sealed], anciently...

Arvil-supper, a feast or entertainment made at a funeral in the north of England; arvil bread is bread delivered to...

Area [Lat., a threshing-floor], (1) an enclosed yard or open place connected with a house; (2) a district for particular...

Infirmity, means physical weakness caused by age or disease; esp., in insurance law, an applicant's ill health that is poor...

Indigent defendant, means a person who is too poor to hire a lawyer and who, upon indictment, becomes eligible to...

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