(a) Law The defendant in a suit (as opposed to the plaintiff); (b) the challenged party in a trial by combat. …

(a) Defending; him (him self, me) defendaunt, defending himself (myself), in self-defense [cp. OF se defendant]; mi sonne defendaunt, my son defending himself; (b) law defending in a suit; partie……

Law Of rights to income or property: capable of being voided or annulled. …

Law A condition which, if fulfilled, nullifies a contract, an obligation, or a judgment against litigant; also, the document stating such a condition; in defesaunce of, for nullifying (an obligation)……

Law Plaintiff. …

(a) A question; (b) it is no demaunde, there is no question; that is no demaunde, this holde I no demaunde, there is no question about it, there is no doubt about that. …

(a) Departure, going away; (b) a turning away, abandoning, rejection; (c) law a change of plea, change of argument. …

Law A plea or writ for (hearing and) adjudicating a matter in dispute; oyer and determiner. …

(a) Law Relinquishment (of sovereignty, crown, office, etc.); (b) conveyance or transfer (of tithes or tenements) by lease; (c) action of freeing someone from a demand or obligation; also, the……

(a) Law A formal denial of a feudal claim; (b) a renunciation of a claim to feudal tenure. …

Law (a) To make a formal denial of (a feudal claim or obligation), make a formal disclaimer; (b) to renounce feudal claim upon (sb. or sth.); (c) to remove oneself (from feudal jurisdiction) by formal……

Law A formal denial of a feudal claim. …

Interruption (of shining of light). …

Law Of the entail of an estate: broken. …

Law Liable to be distrained, subject to distraint. …

Law To confer on the settlement of a dispute; hence, to obtain a delay at court for an amicable settlement between the parties. …

Law?One who furnishes surety; ?surety, mainprize. …

(a) To cause to get stuck fast; (b) to run (a ship) aground. …

(a) To make notches, dents, or indentations in (something); give (something) a toothed, serrate, or jagged character or appearance; (b) fig. heckle. …

Law A written formal agreement. [For method of preparation, see endenten; endentures, pair of endentures are the several identical copies of the agreement.] (a) The written record of a lease or of an……