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1. sub-pēna n.

Additional spellings: subpena
11 quotations in 1 sense
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Law (a) A writ compelling, under threat of punishment, the appearance of a party in a dispute before the court of chancery; ?also, a writ compelling a defendant to comply with an official ruling……

2. supplicāvit n.

3 quotations in 1 sense
Sense / Definition
Law A writ to keep the peace, often directed to reluctant justices of the peace; writ of supplicavit. …

3. extincten v.

14 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) To extinguish, put out (a fire, light); also fig.; (b) to suppress or put down (an uprising). …

4. amercen, amercy v.

Additional spellings: amercy
24 quotations in 2 senses
Sense / Definition
Law (a) To fine (sb.) 'at the mercy', i.e. at the discretion, of the court; impose a penalty; -- constr.: for, of (an offence); at, in (a certain amount); after (the law), according to; (b) to fine (a……

5. flẹ̄men(e fremth, flẹ̄men-fremth, flẹ̄menes-fremth phr. & n.

Additional spellings: flemene fremth, flemen-fremth, flemenfremth, flemenes-fremth, flemenesfremth
18 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law The right of jurisdiction over cases involving the harboring of fugitives or outlaws, the right to collect fines in such cases [orig. prob., the offence of entertaining an outlaw]; (b) in……

6. establishen v.

32 quotations in 7 senses
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(a) To establish (an institution, an office), found, create, organize; (b) to ordain (the natural order, a natural law); -- also with that clause; also, impose (a condition); (c) to institute (a……

7. continūen v.

90 quotations in 6 senses
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Of persons: (a) to persevere, carry on, persist; continuen forth; continuen bi course; (b) to persevere (in an activity or attitude); persist or continue (in a state); remain (in possession); (c) to……

8. allō̆cāte n. & adj.

3 quotations in 1 sense
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Law A writ authorizing payment (as of a pension or allowance); writ allocate. …

9. al-wei, -wei(e)s adv.

Additional spellings: alwei, al-weies, alweies, al-weis, alweis
65 quotations in 6 senses
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All the way; in every way or respect. …

10. champartīe n.

17 quotations in 3 senses
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Law The practice of aiding a litigant for a share of the matter in dispute, champerty. …

11. avail(e n.

Additional spellings: availe
68 quotations in 5 senses
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(a) Benefit, advantage, profit; ben avail, to be useful or effective; ben litel avail, to be of little value; (b) of persons: worthiness. …

12. setten v.

1640 quotations in 40 senses
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(a) To make (sb.) sit, seat (sb.); also, with partitive construction: setten of..over heigh setle, fig. seat (someone's offspring) upon (his) high throne, make to rule; setten adoun (doun, up), make……

13. yẹ̄de v.

447 quotations in 19 senses
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(a) Of a person or creature: walked; also, was able to walk [quot. c1440]; yede on fot, yede on his fet, yede upright, etc.; yede afote, was on foot (b) walked (in a certain manner); (c) in……

14. compert ppl.(1) & n.

4 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Found out, ascertained; (b) law the finding of an inquest; also, an inquest. …

15. stāt n.

347 quotations in 21 senses
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(a) A moral or spiritual state or condition; stat of dampnacioun (grace, right, etc.); stat of penaunce (teres), a state of repentance; (b) a mental state, frame of mind; (c) the physical state or……

16. aftershire n.

Additional spellings: aftershire
1 quotation in 1 sense
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Law A subsidiary county-court, held by the sheriff on the day after the regular full court. …

17. clōsen v.

277 quotations in 20 senses
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(a) To obstruct a passageway; block entrance to (a place); closen up; closen from, bar or block (someone's) entry; shut or lock (a door); closen to; of a trap: to shut; (b) to close an opening or gap……

18. streinen v.(2)

12 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) To cut (sth.) off; -- also without obj.; (b) to confine (sb.); (c) in glossaries, glossing L distringere; (d) ppl. streined as adj., of a sword: drawn. …

19. fīnden v.

438 quotations in 23 senses
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Of persons or of things viewed as agents: to come upon, encounter, or meet (someone or something) by chance or in the course of events (usually with the notion of perceiving or recognizing the person……

20. rējecten v.

7 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) Law To annul (a judgment, an ordinance), overturn; (b) to eject (sb. from a council); set aside (sb.); debar (a son) from inheritance; ppl. rejecte as adj.: dismissed, cast out. …

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