v
(obsolete) To treat courteously; to court.
v
(Scotland, law) To affirm a judgment.
n
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
v
(transitive, Ancient Rome, law, historical) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
n
One who makes an appearance in court.
v
(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
n
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
v
To receive, adopt (a person)
n
(heraldry) Alternative spelling of achievement [The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.]
v
(intransitive, law) To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.
n
(obsolete) Profit; advantage.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To summon to a higher court; appeal.
v
(transitive, archaic) To help (with); give aid or assistance to.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
v
(transitive, formal) To be necessary for (someone).
v
(intransitive) To receive a benefit (from); to be a beneficiary.
n
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To commit or commend (one), by the expression of a wish, to (God, the devil, etc.).
v
(transitive) To lay claim to; win; rescue.
v
(transitive) To bequeath.
adj
(obsolete) Held as security or hostage
n
The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
n
Obsolete form of chevisance. [(obsolete) Help, remedy; a resource or solution.]
n
The act of leaving real property in a will.
n
(obsolete) A word; a decree.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To seek to learn; ask; inquire.
v
obsolete typography of have [(transitive) To possess, own.]
v
(transitive) To allow in; grant permission or admittance to; invite in or over; admit.
v
(transitive) To contribute in some way to.
v
Obsolete form of empower. [(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.]
v
(transitive) To take possession of as a right (especially in Biblical translations).
v
(transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.
adj
Having been asked to attend.
v
(archaic) third-person singular present simple form of invite
v
(transitive, UK dialectal) To invite; bid; ask.
v
(informal, transitive) To barrage (a person) with questions in order to get them to admit something.
v
(intransitive, chiefly US, informal, business) To conduct matters in accord with legal formalities or so as to avoid legal risk.
v
(transitive) To dedicate.
v
(transitive) To present (something) to God or gods as a gesture of worship, or for a sacrifice.
n
One to whom an offer is made.
v
Obsolete form of offer. [(intransitive) To propose or express one's willingness (to do something).]
v
(transitive) To claim as one's own.
n
(law, archaic) The hearing or trial carried out under such authority.
n
Someone who asks a question or sets a problem.
v
(transitive) To establish the legality of (a will).
n
(countable) A transaction between two persons whereby the first person undertakes in the future to render some service or gift to the second person or devotes something valuable now and here to his use.
v
(intransitive, sometimes followed by to) To ask for a person's hand in marriage.
v
(transitive, law) To charge, try.
v
Obsolete spelling of provide [To make a living; earn money for necessities.]
n
Something provided; a provision.
n
(informal) A member of the Provisional IRA.
v
To act as a host for guests; to give admittance to; to permit to enter, as into one's house, presence, company, etc.
n
A formal demand made by one state or government upon another for the surrender or extradition of a fugitive from justice.
v
To officially deliver (a legal notice, summons etc.).
v
(obsolete) To assume state or dignity.
v
(obsolete, transitive) To follow.
n
(obsolete, rare) supply; aid afforded
v
(transitive, law) To sue; to begin a legal process against; to take legal action against.
v
to inherit a characteristic
adj
(law) Put on trial, taken before a lawcourt.
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