| Name | Term description |
|---|---|
| NameA-N C of M |
Term description Ante-Nuptial Contract of Marriage |
| NameAct |
Term description Formal decision |
| NameAddettit |
Term description Indebted to, owing |
| NameAdjudication |
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. |
| NameAliment |
Term description A maintenance |
| NameAir |
Term description Heir |
| NameAlienate |
Term description Sell |
| NameAllenarly |
Term description Only, solely or exclusively |
| NameAmerciament |
Term description A fine imposed on a wrongdoer |
| NameAnent |
Term description Concerning, on the subject of |
| NameAnnalzie |
Term description Alienate, or sell |
| NameAnnualrent |
Term description Interest on a loan, paid annually |
| NameApparent heir |
Term description Not the person who 'appears' to be heir to landed property, but the heir who has already succeeded to it |
| NameAppraisement |
Term description Valuation |
| NameApprising |
Term description The sentence of a court affecting a debtor's heritable property, as a consequence of which that property would be sold to pay the debt. |
| NameArles |
Term description A payment made to signify completion of a bargain |
| NameArticles of roup |
Term description The conditions under which a property was to be auctioned |
| NameAssoilzie |
Term description To find someone 'not guilty', to absolve them from the outcome of a legal action |
| NameAuchtand |
Term description Owing |
| NameAt |
Term description Indicates a landless person, e.g. Andrew Bennett, farm servant at Little Kenny |
| NameAvaill |
Term description Worth, or monetary value |
| NameAwand |
Term description Owing |
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