单词 | aid prayer |
释义 | > as lemmasaid prayer aid prayer n. [after Anglo-Norman and Law French prier aide (1293 or earlier; also aide prier)] Law (now historical) a claim for help in defending an action from someone who has a joint interest in the defence (see sense 5). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > help in defending legal action aid prayerc1523 c1523 J. Rastell Expos. Terminorum Legum Anglorum sig. A7v/2 It behouyth that they agre in ple for yf they varye the ple of the tenant shalbe takyn & then ye ayd prayer is voyde. a1625 H. Finch Law (1627) 367 Ayd Prayer is for Tenant for life, to request him that hath the Inheritance, to helpe him plead..and this Aid Prayer, is for the feeblenesse of his estate. 1753 C. Viner Gen. Abridgm. Law & Equity X. 377 (margin) Aid-Prayer of a Stranger is a Forfeiture, because thereby he acknowledges the Reversion to be in a Stranger. 1824 A. Stearns Summary Law & Pract. Real Actions vii. 370 Aid–prayer..is seldom if ever resorted to in our practice, except in writs of Right. 1914 G. F. Deiser Year Bks. Richard II: 12 Richard II Introd. p. xii Nor are the records mere dry recitals of penalties, aid prayers or collections of five or ten shillings. 2003 P. Brand Kings, Barons & Justices viii. 230 In none of the three cases is any attempt recorded to counterplead the aid-prayer. < as lemmas |
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