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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
WORDS OF. Words used in their technical sense; sometimes words which bear such a sense, without regard to the correctness of their use. ARTHEL (properly ARDDELW, or ARDdel). In Welsh and old English law. To avouch.
Cowell.
Used, also, as a substantive. Thus, in the laws of Hoel Dha it was provided that if a man were taken with stolen goods, he must be allowed a lawful arddelio (vouchee) to clear him of his felony. This was abolished by St. 26 Hen. VIII. c.
6. Blount.