(a) To commend or praise (sth.); worship (God); recommend (a virtue); (b) approve of, be pleased with (sth.); be pleasing (to sb.); favor (sb.); (c) appreciate or value (sth.); esteem. …

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

(a) To interrogate (sb.), ask (sb.) a question; ask (a question); (b) to rebuke (sb.), censure. …

Law Escrow. …

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

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

(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) 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 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) 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. …

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……

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

(a) Hardship, misfortune, distress, trouble; bringen (turnen) to gref, to bring (sb.) into distress; kepen fro gref, preserve (sb.) from harm; (b) physical damage; (c) injury, grievance, wrong, cause……

Law An offense or illegal act, esp. on the part of a public official. …

Law To oust or evict (sb.), dispossess (sb.) of land or other property. …

Law (a) A criminal hearing under a commission of oyer and terminer; oyer determiner; on eire of an oyer, on circuit under a commission of oyer and terminer; (b) oyer and terminer (determiner), a……

(a) Law A person who brings formal suit against another in a court of law, plaintiff; one who seeks redress for wrong; (b) a complainer, plaintive person. …

(a) Observed or recorded evidence supporting a statement, an assertion, accusation, or a claim; a piece of such evidence; maken preve of, to give evidence of (sth.); (b) evidence such as instances……

(a) An act of offering or presenting a gift; an offer of a gift, money, reward, help, etc.; (b) an offer of battle, a challenge; a peace offer or proposal, an offer to surrender; fig. the Devil's……