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1. abatable, adj. View full entry c1430
...That may be abated; liable to be abated (in various senses of abate)....
2. adjudgment, n. View full entry 1547
...The action of adjudge; adjudication. Also: an instance of this; a judgement....
3. affile, v.2 View full entry 1512
...trans. (chiefly in pass.). To file (a document, case, claim, etc.), esp. in a specified place or with a specified body....
4. annates, n. View full entry 1534
...The first-fruits, or entire revenue of one year, paid to the Pope by bishops and other ecclesiastics of the R.C. Church on their appointment to a see or benefice. ...
5. † annuˈllation, n. View full entry 1495
...The action of annulling or declaring void....
6. arrestment, n. View full entry 1474
...The action of stopping, staying, or checking....
7. assedation, n. View full entry 1457
...A letting out on lease, a lease....
8. attorney-general, n. View full entry 1533-4
...gen. A legal representative or deputy acting under a general commission or ‘power’ of attorney, and representing his principal in all legal matters: opposed to attorney special or ...
9. avowant, n. View full entry 1529
...In Law, A challenger; a person making cognizance, or admitting that he distrained goods belonging to another, but maintaining his right to do so....
10. bailable, adj.2 View full entry 1554
...Of persons: Entitled to be released on bail....
11. † ˈbailiffwick, n. View full entry 1509
...The district under the jurisdiction of a bailiff....
12. ˈbailing, n.1 View full entry 1542-3
...A releasing on bail....
13. bailment, n. View full entry 1554
...Delivery, handing over, or giving for a specific purpose; according to Blackstone, delivery in trust, upon a contract expressed or implied, that the trust shall be faithfully executed on the part of...
14. bank, n.2 View full entry 1275
...A long seat for several to sit on, a bench, or form; a platform or stage to speak from. Obs. (Cf. mountebank)...
15. beneˈficially, adv. View full entry 1530-1
...Beneficently, liberally, bountifully. Obs....
16. † ˈbracery, n. View full entry 1540
...Embracery, corruption....
17. cancellation, n. View full entry 1535
...The action of cancel: the crossing out or obliteration of writing, the suppression of a leaf or sheet of a book as originally printed, the annulling of a legal document;...
18. † ˈcassate, v. View full entry 1512
...= cass...
19. ˈcharter-land, n. View full entry 1503
...Land held by charter; freehold land. (In Old English bócland, bookland)...
20. † chenser, n. View full entry 1535
...= censer...
