PRAY IN AID
\pɹˈe͡ɪ ɪn ˈe͡ɪd], \pɹˈeɪ ɪn ˈeɪd], \p_ɹ_ˈeɪ ɪ_n ˈeɪ_d]\
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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. 3 Bl. Comm. 300.
By Henry Campbell Black
