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Name	Term description
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 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
Name Aliment	Term description A maintenance