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Name Term description
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

NameAcre Term description

A unit of square measure equal to 4 roods. For more information, see our guide to <a href="/guides/weights-and-measures">weights and measures</a>.

NameAitts/aittis Term description

Oats

NameAblepsy Term description

Loss of sight.

NameAgue Term description

Fever, usually malarial, characterised by sweating and shaking.

NameAmerican plague Term description

Yellow fever (a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes).

NameAnasarca Term description

Extreme generalised edema, i.e. swelling throughout the body. Can be caused by liver or&nbsp;heart failure, or&nbsp;malnutrition.

NameAphonia Term description

An inability to speak for pathological or psychological reasons.

NameAphtha Term description

A small ulcer on the mouth or tongue.

NameApoplexy Term description

Traditionally denotes a&nbsp;sudden loss of consciousness, often preceding death. Also refers to bleeding within the internal organs.

NameAsphyxia Term description

A severe reduction in the amount of oxygen being supplied to the body through obstruction of the breathing, leading to loss of consciousness.

NameAtrophy Term description

A wasting away of an organ or body tissue owing to injury, disease or lack of use.

NameAxies/axes/access fits Term description

Ague

NameAizle tooth Term description

Molar