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1. accessory, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Chiefly Law. A person who incites or assists someone to commit an arrestable offence, or who knowingly aids someone who has committed such an offence (opposed to principal)....
2. accountant, adj. and n. View full entry 1429-30
...Giving or liable to give an account (esp. of conduct or the performance of duties); accountable, responsible. Esp. in earlier use, to stand accountant. Chiefly to (a person),...
3. adhere, v. View full entry 1461-2
...Usu. with to....
4. adherence, n. View full entry 1449-50
...Attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance. Also occas.: an instance of this....
5. † aulner, n. View full entry 1484
...= alnager...
6. cocket, n.1 View full entry 1293
...Hist. A seal belonging to the King's Custom House. Also applied to other seals used to seal permits....
7. freehold, n. and adj. View full entry 1414
...Permanent and absolute tenure of land or property with freedom to dispose of it at will. Also: a corresponding tenure of a dignity or office....
8. green cloth, n. View full entry 1449-50
...Freq. with capital initials. The counting house, formerly a department of the British royal household consisting of the Lord Steward and his subordinates, with control of various matters of law and finance...
9. Hansard, n.1 View full entry 1449
...A member of one of the establishments of the German Hanse....
10. informator, n. View full entry 1483
...An instructor, a teacher. In later use chiefly: = informator choristarum...
11. jurat, n.1 View full entry 1432
...One who has taken an oath; a person who performs some duty on oath; spec. one sworn to give information about the crimes committed in his neighbourhood, and in other...
12. justiciar, n. View full entry 1485
...Eng. Hist. The chief political and judicial officer under the Norman and early Plantagenet kings, who represented the king in all relations of state, acting as regent in his absence and...
13. lodge, n. View full entry 1290
...A small house or dwelling, esp. a temporary one; a hut or booth; a tent, arbour, or the like. Now dial. in specific applications....
14. man-of-war, n. View full entry 1449
...A fighting man; a soldier or warrior. Now arch. or humorous....
15. mayhem, n. View full entry 1447
...Criminal Law. The infliction of physical injury on a person, so as to impair or destroy that person's capacity for self-defence; an instance of this. Also fig. Now ...
16. merchant stranger, n. View full entry 1425
...A merchant from a foreign country; a foreign trader....
17. mesne, adv., adj., and n. View full entry 1439
...At an intervening time (between two other times). Cf. mean2. Obs....
18. misprision, n.1 View full entry 1425
...Law. A wrongful act or omission; spec. a misdemeanour or failure of duty by a public official. Now rare exc. in sense 1b....
19. morris-pike, n. View full entry 1487
...A type of pike supposed to be of Moorish origin....
20. mortmain, n. View full entry 1464
...The condition of lands or tenements held inalienably by an ecclesiastical or other corporation; lands or tenements so held. Freq. attrib. Now hist....
