One who shows favoritism, a respecter of persons. …

Either of two plants: a Mediterranean shrub (Vitex agnus-castus), traditionally regarded as a preservative of chastity; a species of St.-John's-wort (Hypericum androsaemum), used as a medicinal……

Demons of the air. …

Of every or any kind; of all kinds; in (on) al-kin wise (maner), in every or any way. …

Unique, outstanding; a prominent person. …

Brandy or other highly distilled spirits; esp., spiced brandy [cp. aqua ardens, water ardaunt]. …

(a) To come back (to a person or place), return; (b) of something lost: to be recovered, return; (c) to go toward, go to meet, to meet or encounter (sth.); ayen-comen to, to go to meet (sb.)……

Law The return of a sheriff who has arrested a person upon a capias. …

The senators (of Rome). …

The Blessed Sacrament; Corpus Christi fest, fest of Corpus Christi, the feast of the Blessed Sacrament celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday; Corpus Christi plai, play performed in……

Nightmare. …

And so forth, and so on; and others. …

(a) The earliest ripe fruit of field or orchard, or the first young of a domestic animal, as an offering of thanks to the deity; fig. any product or accomplishment so offered; (b) a customary gift or……

Law A process issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, directing the sheriff to compel the attendance of reluctant jurymen. …

Law A writ requiring the appearance of a person in court. …

In the first place, firstly. …

In the beginning; -- first words of a formula used by begging friars [cp. John 1.1]. …

At the coming of our Lord. …

Law A writ instructing the sheriff to provide a jury at the court of Westminster unless the judges of assize previously come to the county of jurisdiction; also, an action tried under such a writ. …

Manifestly, in a manner apparent to all. …

For and against. …

A release or discharge from debt; a receipt. …

?Pun on quitales, pl. of quitale n.: payments of debt, acquittals. …

Law The official report by a sheriff that he has in custody a defendant who has surrendered himself so as to discharge his bailsmen. …

The Holy of Holies, the inner chamber of the tabernacle or the temple. …

Eccl. During the vacancy of an episcopal see. …

The first words of a Latin proverb, variously expressed, e.g., 'Si dedero, decus accipiam flatumque favoris, ' etc., implying the universal necessity of bribery or improper insistence on remuneration……

Law An endorsement meaning 'it arrives too late, ' written by a sheriff on a writ to explain his failure to execute it. …

However often it happens. …

Law A writ directing a sheriff to summon a jury; also, a writ requiring a person indicted of a misdemeanor to appear in court. …