(UK, law) Any of certain customary rights or perquisites relating to enemy ships and property found at sea, including flotsam, jetsam, lagan, deodand, etc.

(poetic) peacock

Alternative form of May Queen

(idiomatic) A situation, opportunity, or outcome which is less favorable than situations, opportunities, or outcomes experienced by or available to others.

(of a firearm) To be discharged prematurely, or with the trigger at half cock. / (slang) To do or say something without due thought or care.

(chemistry, obsolete) A crystalline growth of an arborescent form.

(law) A writ issued in certain actions at law, where the defendant has suffered judgment to pass against him by default, in order to ascertain and assess the plaintiff's damages, where they cannot readily be ascertained by mere calculation.

plural of writ of inquiry

plural of contempt of court

Alternative form of arrest warrant