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From the Oxford Companion to Law and the Oxford English Dictionary: A right granted to an investor to receive an annual specified sum of money.

The state of being behind in the payment of a debt.

In England, a common money bond was an agreement offered as security for payment of money. In Scotland, an agreement to pay a sum of money with interest, frequently in conjunction with a disposition of lands.

The civil list is a fund drawn from the Treasury to cover the salaries and expenses of the royal household; civil list pensions, paid from the civil list, were granted by the sovereign to persons for services to the crown or to the public.

The Court of Chancery oversaw wills, trusts, inheritances, and similar matters. The court appointed solicitors like John Hanson to oversee estates for minors and invalids.

A revenue court held before the treasurer and barons of the Exchequer as an alternative to the Court of Chancery.

Issued by a public officer, the execution of a writ is the seizure of property to pay off outstanding debts.

A court that dealt with matters concerning the King, affecting great persons, and which could correct the errors of all other justices.

March 25th, one of the four quarter days when rents were due and school terms began.

A letter of credit enabled a person to draw money to a specified amount from the issuer's agents.

September 29,one of the four quarter days when rents were due and school terms began.

June 24, one of the four quarter days when rents were due and school terms began.

The disposition of property to another in security of a debt.

The authority conferred by deed by one person or another to act as his agent or legal representative.

A payment, or the act of transferring money.

Refers to a guarantee for payment of a debt; it might be a person, known as a surety, or a tangible asset.