pray in aid
1pray in aid — phrasal or pray aid : to claim or call in aid (as when under English law calls are made upon another for assistance in proving one s title or right) see aid 4 * * * pray in aid (law; Shakespeare) To call in, or call for, help • • • Main Entry:… …
2pray in aid — In old English practice, to call upon for assistance. In real actions, the tenant might pray in aid or call for assistance of another, to help him to plead, because of the feebleness or imbecility of his own estate. In current English practice,… …
3pray in aid — verb a) To resort to the help (of); to call on the support (of), especially to help prove an argument. Other, smaller craters in the North Sea and Ukraine have been prayed in aid of this theory. b) To ask for the help of (someone or something) in …
4To pray in aid — Pray Pray, v. t. 1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech. [1913 Webster] And as this earl was preyed, so did he. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20. [1913… …
5To pray in aid — Aid Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. a[ i]de, a[ i]e, fr. the verb. See {Aid}, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief. [1913 Webster] An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam. [1913 Webster] 2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in… …
6Pray — Pray, v. t. 1. To address earnest request to; to supplicate; to entreat; to implore; to beseech. [1913 Webster] And as this earl was preyed, so did he. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] We pray you . . . by ye reconciled to God. 2 Cor. v. 20. [1913… …
7Aid — Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. a[ i]de, a[ i]e, fr. the verb. See {Aid}, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief. [1913 Webster] An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam. [1913 Webster] 2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in… …
8Aid prayer — Aid Aid, n. [F. aide, OF. a[ i]de, a[ i]e, fr. the verb. See {Aid}, v. t.] 1. Help; succor; assistance; relief. [1913 Webster] An unconstitutional mode of obtaining aid. Hallam. [1913 Webster] 2. The person or thing that promotes or helps in… …
9pray aid — phrasal see pray in aid …
10aid-prayer — A prayer or demand that other parties shall be joined in the action and help defend his title, which a defendant tenant may make in a real action as a preliminary step before putting in his plea. He may thus call for assistance because of the… …
