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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In Scotch law
An aid or support to something else. <A collateral deed or writing, referring to another which has been lost, and which it is in general necessary to produce before the tenor of the lost deed can be proved by parol evidence. Ersk. Inst. b.
4, tit. 1, § 55.
Used as an English word in the statute of 1 Edw. IV. ¢. 1, in the sense of aid, or support. In the civil law. Imperfect proof. Merl. Repert.