Glossary
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Name | Term description |
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Name A-N C of M |
Term description
Ante-Nuptial Contract of Marriage |
Name Abbot |
Term description
Senior monk in charge of an abbey in the pre-Reformation, Roman Catholic or Episcopal church |
Name Ablepsy |
Term description
Loss of sight. |
Name Accomptant/accountant |
Term description
One who arranges and analyses financial accounts for others |
Name ACG |
Term description
Adjutant General's Corps |
Name Acre |
Term description
A unit of square measure equal to 4 roods. For more information, see our guide to weights and measures. |
Name Act |
Term description
Formal decision |
Name Addettit |
Term description
Indebted to, owing |
Name Addn. |
Term description
Additional |
Name Adjudication |
Term description
[Or 'adjudication for debt'] The legal action by which a debtor's property was passed to his creditors. Adjudication in implement, on the other hand, is a decision by a court to implement a defective title to land. |
Name Admiral |
Term description
Senior naval officer, in charge of a fleet |
Name Advocate |
Term description
A lawyer who is qualified to plead before the higher courts of law (corresponds to a barrister in England) |
Name Ag. Lab. |
Term description
Agricultural labourer |
Name Agent |
Term description
Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
Name Agent for the sick and wounded at Gibraltar |
Term description
Someone acting for someone else in an official, often financial, capacity |
Name AGRL |
Term description
Agricultural Land |
Name Ague |
Term description
Fever, usually malarial, characterised by sweating and shaking. |
Name Aide-de-camp |
Term description
Junior military officer appointed as assistant to more senior officer |
Name Air |
Term description
Heir |
Name Aitts/aittis |
Term description
Oats |
Name Aizle tooth |
Term description
Molar |
Name Albany herald |
Term description
Royal messenger, later member of Lyon Court |
Name Ale seller |
Term description
One who sells ale and beer to the public for consumption at home |
Name Alewife |
Term description
A woman who sells ale |
Name Alienate |
Term description
Sell |