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Waif :: Waif (n.) Hence, anything found, or without an owner; that which comes along, as it were, by chance..

Lazzaroni :: Lazzaroni (n. pl.) The homeless idlers of Naples who live by chance work or begging; -- so called from the Hospital of St. Lazarus, which serves as their refuge..

Lord :: Lord (n.) A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc..

Jobbing :: "Jobbing (a.) Doing chance work or add jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter..

Draw :: Draw (n.) A lot or chance to be drawn.

Chanceable :: Chanceable (a.) Fortuitous; casual.

Cast :: Cast (n.) A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift..

Interdict :: Interdict (n.) An order of the court of session, having the like purpose and effect with a writ of injunction out of chancery in England and America..

Lot :: Lot (n.) Anything (as a die, pebble, ball, or slip of paper) used in determining a question by chance, or without man's choice or will; as, to cast or draw lots..

Faldistory :: Faldistory (n.) The throne or seat of a bishop within the chancel.

Sort :: Sort (n.) A chance group; a company of persons who happen to be together; a troop; also, an assemblage of animals..

Ward :: Ward (n.) A minor or person under the care of a guardian; as, a ward in chancery..

Plea :: Plea (n.) That which is alleged by a party in support of his cause; in a stricter sense, an allegation of fact in a cause, as distinguished from a demurrer; in a still more limited sense, and in modern practice, the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's declaration and demand. That which the plaintiff alleges in his declaration is answered and repelled or justified by the defendant's plea. In chancery practice, a plea is a special answer showing or relying upon one or more things as a cause why

Stumble :: Stumble (v. i.) To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against..

Mum-chance :: Mum-chance (n.) A game of hazard played with cards in silence.

Jube :: Jube (n.) chancel screen or rood screen.

Fiat :: Fiat (n.) An authority for certain proceedings given by the Lord Chancellor's signature.

Chance :: Chance (v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation..

Hap :: Hap (v. i.) To happen; to befall; to chance.

Consistory :: Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.

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