AIDS, Engl. law. Formerly they were certain sums of money granted by the
tenant to his lord in times of difficulty and distress, but, as usual in
such cases, what was received as a gratuity by the rich and powerful from
the weak and poor, was soon claimed as a matter of right; and aids became a
1. To
ransom the lord's person, when taken prisoner; 2. To make the lord's eldest
son a knight; 3. To marry the lord's eldest daughter, by giving her a
suitable portion. The first of these remained uncertain; the other two were
fixed by act of parliament at twenty shillings each being the supposed
twentieth part of a knight's fee, 2 Bl. Com. 64.
Source: Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
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AIDS
/aydz/ A* Infected Disk Syndrome ("A*" is a
glob pattern that matches, but is not limited to, Apple
Computer), this condition is quite often the result of
practicing unsafe SEX.
See virus, worm, Trojan horse, virgin.
[Jargon File]
(1995-04-13)
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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