AID PRAYER
\ˈe͡ɪd pɹˈe͡ə], \ˈeɪd pɹˈeə], \ˈeɪ_d p_ɹ_ˈeə]\
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In English practice. A proceeding formerly made use of, by way of petition in court, praying in aid of the tenant for life, etc., from the reversioner or remainder- man, when the title to the inheritance was in question. It was a plea in suspension of the action. 3 Bl. Comm. 300.
By Henry Campbell Black
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