aid

Definitions

1. 1.Help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam.
2. 2.The person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii.
3. 3.3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan.
4. 4.(Feudal Law) A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone.
5. 5.An aid-de-camp, so called by abbreviation; as, a general's aid. Aid prayer (Law), a proceeding by which a defendant beseeches and claims assistance from some one who has a further or more permanent interest in the matter in suit. -- To pray in aid, to beseech and claim such assistance.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is help; succor; assistance; relief. An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam called?
• What is the person or thing that promotes or helps in something done; a helper; an assistant. It is not good that man should be alone; let us make unto him an aid like unto himself. Tobit viii called?
• What is 3. (Eng. Hist.) A subsidy granted to the king by Parliament; also, an exchequer loan called?
• What is a pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his lord on special occasions. Blackstone called?