(a) Lessening, loss; (b) impairment, infringement; (c) lowering (of prices), depreciation; deficiency, as in the weight of a coin; a deduction for light weight; (d) law the quashing of a suit or writ……

(a) Something done, an act, a deed; accioun of penitence (penaunce), an act of penance; (b) the operation or effect (of heat or fire); the activity or function (of a bodily organ); accioun visif……

(a) The act of charging someone with an offence or misconduct; (b) law formal accusation, indictment; (c) self-accusation, confession. …

(a) A doer, a maker; (b) actour of curing, that which brings about a cure; (c) a guardian, a steward; (d) law one who brings suit at law, the plaintiff. …

Math. The act of adding numbers together; the arithmetical process of addition. …

Law (a) the activity of a professional pleader in courts of law, advocacy; (b) the advocacy performed by a prosecutor, a charge or accusation; (c) theol. intercession or advocacy on behalf of a sinner……

(a) Phil. An affirmative proposition, a positive statement or inference; (b) the positive form or aspect of something; in affirmatives, in positive functions (as opposed to failure to function); wil……

(a) Assault, attack; maken affrai; (b) outcry, uproar, disturbance; of boiling: commotion; (c) law a brawl, riot, public disorder. …

Law A subsidiary county-court, held by the sheriff on the day after the regular full court. …

(a) Injury; pain, suffering; (b) law a grievance or complaint. …

(a) Assistance, help, support; (b) a helper; (c) mil. an auxilliary, a mercenary; (d) law aide prier [OF phrase, lit. 'ask for help'], an appeal for help from a party interested in the matter in……

Law (a) A second writ of attachment issued when the first proves ineffectual; from the phrase sicut alias praecipimus; (b) otherwise called; -- from phr. alias dictus. …

Law The transfer of one's title to property or rights; alienation or sale (of property); surrender or loss (of a right); also, alteration (of a will) [quot. 1458]. …

(a) Law Formal declaration in court, presentation of evidence; maken allegacioun, declare; (b) an argument or reason proffered as evidence or proof. …

(a) Law A formal declaration or deposition; (b) the citing of authorities (esp. the Scriptures) in support of a doctrine or opinion; (c) the expression of an opinion or objection; assertion……

Law Authorization. …

Law A writ authorizing payment (as of a pension or allowance); writ allocate. …

(a) Anything given to relieve those in poverty or distress, any charitable gift or offering, alms; an allotment of alms; eten almes, be dependent on alms; gan on almes, liven bi, of almes, live on……

(a) Annoyance; (b) law a (public) nuisance. …

A reply to an inquiry or request; maken answere, yeven answere (ayain), to reply, give an explanation; quethen to answere, say in reply; final answere, definite answer or decision. …

(a) Visible form, figure; (b) sight. …

Law (a) A formal accusation brought in court, maken apel, pursuen apel; a document embodying such a charge; writ of apel; (b) a challenge to trial by combat; complien apel, answer such a challenge. …

Law (a) Authority or power to make binding judicial decisions, jurisdiction; (b) a legally binding decision, verdict; stonden to (at) the arbitrement, abiden (stonden) arbitrement, abide by the……

Law The procedure of calling upon an accused person to answer to a formal charge, arraignment. …

Law Escrow. …

(a) One who asks a question;questioner; (b) one who queries (a doctrine, etc.); inquirer, critic; (c) one who beseeches, prays, or begs. …

Law The act of distraining (sb.) to appear in court, or of sequestering (property); also, a writ of distraint, writ of attachement. …

Law (a) Conviction or sentencing of a felon [usually involving death by hanging, the extinction of all civil rights, forfeiture of property, and 'corruption of blood']; (b) bil of atteindre, a bill……

(a) Law A charge of felony (such as treason or misconduct in office); conviction of such an offence; seuen atteinte; (b) misconduct; (c) an attack or raid. …

Law The act of bringing suit, suing. …

Law A person formally designated or appointed to represent a litigant in court or to transact official business; legal agent, attorney, advocate; attourne general, advocate empowered to act in all……

(a) One who makes or creates a person or thing, one who founds an institution, one who brings about an action or a condition; creator, maker, originator, founder; perpetrator; first auctour, God; (b)……

Law A document that proves the validity of a right or claim. …

(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

(a) Dominant, privileged, or advantageous position; supremacy, superiority; haven avauntage of (before), to be superior to (sb.); (b) ship of avauntage, a superior ship, ?a faster ship; (c) at most……

Law (a) Proof; esp., a declaration under oath or a declaration supported by the oaths of others; (b) instruction [prob. scribal error]. …

Sight, view; inspection, scrutiny. …

The act of declaring something to be one's own, acknowledgment; sone bi avourie, adopted son. …

(a) Captivity, custody; (b) charge, guardianship, stewardship. …

(a) A barrier, obstruction, or barricade, esp. outside the gate of a walled city or castle; also, the gate itself; -- often pl.; (b) in names: gate (of a walled city). …

(a) A deed of friendship, benevolent act, a favor, a kindness; (b) an act of piety, a good deed. …

Law Some kind of agreement as to feudal service. …

Law A provision or disposition. …

Law A case or charge of stealing what can be borne on a man's back. …

(a) A suppliant; (b) law a petitioner. …

(a) Any collection of sheets or leaves, bound or unbound, making up a volume of writings; a book as a material object; (b) bok bindere, one who binds books; bok haspe, a clasp for the covers of a……

(a) A thing deposited as security, a pledge; leien feith (trouth) to borgh, to pledge (one's) honor; (b) a ransom; leien hed (lif) to borgh, give (one's) head (life) as a ransom; withouten borgh, not……

Law (a) The act of giving surety for another; (b) a person who gives surety. …

(a) Law The giving of surety, suretyship; (b) theol. the act of redeeming, redemption. …

(a) A town, a city; also, a small village; (b) in various fig. senses: burgh of bale, hell; burgh of heven, the celestial city; middelerdes burgh, worldes burgh, the world; (c) hegh burgh, great city……

(a) False accusation, slander; (b) law a false challenge, legal objection raised in bad faith. …

Law (a) A writ of arrest; also the serving of such a writ, an arrest; (b) capias utlagāt, capias legāt, a writ directing the arrest of an outlawed person. …

(a) State of affairs, circumstances, situation; predicament; hard cas; the fortunes (of a person), lot, destiny; (b) senden cas, yeven cas, to grant fortune, rule destiny; grant (a certain kind of)……

(a) Something offered as security, such as a pledge, a bond, a pawn, or bail; finden, laien, yeven caucioun, give a pledge, furnish security; caucioun marchant, ?security in goods; (b) law an……

(a) A warning; (b) law an injunction or rule. …

Law A writ of certiorari. …

(a) A false or malicious accusation or charge; also, any charge; wrong chalenge, an accusation of having done wrong; (b) wrong chalenge, wrongdoing, injury inflicted upon others. …

Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty. …

(a) The head or leader (of an organization); ruler, governor, administrator, commander, chief officer, chief; chef of clergie, high priest; chef of holi chirche; etc.; (b) the (chief) seat (of a……

Law Sovereignty. …

(a) A sentence or clause, a brief statement, a short passage, a short text or quotation; in a clause, briefly, in short; (b) a written message or letter; a story; a long passage in an author's source……

(a) The clergy (as distinguished from the laity); also, a particular group of clerics; (b) the clergy of a country (as a political class); also, the prelates of the realm, the lords spiritual; (c) the……

(a) An encircling structure or barrier, such as a wall, fence, hedge, or moat; (b) a cover (of a book). …

Law (a) A secret understanding or agreement between persons to circumvent the law or to achieve a purpose by unfair or fraudulent means; collusion; (b) a fraudulent act, a subterfuge. …

(a) Found out, ascertained; (b) law the finding of an inquest; also, an inquest. …

Law One who makes charges or brings suit, a plaintiff. …

(a) A situation or state; circumstances of life or existence; condicioun of poverte, prosperite; childes condicioun, childhood; (b) status or station in a society; free condicioun, high condicioun,……

(a) Knowledge, understanding, information; (b) recognition; (c) ben of conissaunce, to be known or familiar to (sb.), be of (one's) acquaintance. …

Law Connected matters. …

(a) Dissension, discord, conflict, strife; quarreling, brawling; law disputing, controversy; areren, reisen contek, to cause dissension, etc.; driven, holden contek, carry on or engage in a……

Of persons: perseverance, continued application; constancy, patience; don, maken, usen continuaunce, to persevere, persist. …

Eccl. A solemn agreement to enter into matrimony, marriage vow or contract; contract of matrimonie (weddinge); also, a breach of this vow [quot.: 1395]. …

Any geographic area or physiographic province, whatever its size: region, district, area, place; also, with implication of political organization: territory, country, land; contre and coste; of contre……

Law The act of finding a person guilty of an offense, conviction. …

Law (a) Tenure of manorial land by copy of court roll 'according to the custom of the manor and at the will of the lord'; (b) land so held. …

(a) The territory ruled by a count; also, an English earldom; also fig.; (b) ?country, territory. …

Law A duplicate copy of a scroll containing official records, maintained as a check against the primary copy. …

The complex of courtly ideals; chivalry, chivalrous conduct; also, contextually, one of these ideals, as courtly love, benevolence, kindness, cheerfulness. …

An agreement between parties binding them to certain provisions; a compact (as of betrothal or marriage), a pact (as of peace); maken (a) covenaunt; binden to covenaunt; holden covenaunt, kepen……

(a) Running, moving along; shifting; curraunt goute, gout that progresses from joint to joint or from one part of the body to another; (b) as noun: a current (of water, air). …

Law One who harbors a known outlaw. …

(a) Injury, harm, or loss (to a person, his well-being, or his reputation); also, an injury or loss; don damage, to inflict injury or loss; haven damage, be harmed or hurt; lacchen, taken damage……

Law An objection strong enough to invalidate a claim. …

(a) Trickery, deceit, treachery; lying; (b) act of deceiving; a deception, stratagem, trick; a lie; (c) an ambush; (d) a fowler's snare or trap; some device to impede the passage of ships. …

(a) A dead man, a corpse; pl. dead men, corpses, the dead; dedes office, funeral service; (b) a ghost; (c) one who has died; the ded, the deceased; dedes wille, will or desire expressed by someone who……

Law One who kills with his own hand (as opposed to one who procures or contrives a killing). …

(a) An action, a deed; god dede, ivel dede, etc.; see also almes dede, est dede, man dede, mis dede; (b) a marvelous act, miracle; also, a feat of magic; (c) a favor, kindness, service; (d) ?an……

Law A writ commissioning a private person to administer an oath of office. …

(a) Lack, insufficiency, absence; short weight [quot.: a1400]; at defaut, incomplete (as to antlers), lacking; for defaut, for lack of something; in your defaut, in your absence, because of your……

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

(a) A defender, protector; (b) one who rules while the monarch is under age, a regent; (c) a tutor; (d) a pleader in court, lawyer, counsel; (e) a protection, shield. …

(a) Act of defending oneself (or sb. else) by fighting, defense; comen to defens, to come to someone's defense; don defens, maken defens, stonden at defens, to defend oneself; also, to fight; for (in)……

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)……

(a) Disfigured; changed in appearance; (b) overcome by hunger; (c) law null and void. …

(a) A delay, postponement; delai of time, postponement of the day of payment; fallen in delai, to be in arrears; feinen a delai, pretend a hindrance, find a pretext for delay; upon delai, lying in……

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. …

(a) The state of being dependent; (b) law an action or fact growing out of a legal action, consequence, result. …

Law An action growing out of another action; the result or consequence of a judgment, will, quarrel, etc. …