Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

aid, n. hist

a subsidy or tax granted to the king for an extraordinary purpose. - also termed grant-in-aid. 2. a benevolence or tribute (i.e., a sum of money) granted by the tenant to his lord in times of difficulty and distress. 0 over time, these grants grew from being discretionary to matters of right. the three principal aids were: (1) to ransom the lord's person if he was taken prisoner; (2) to contribute toward the ceremony of knighting the lord's eldest son; and (3) to provide a suitable portion to the lord's eldest daughter when she married. 3. assistance in defending a lawsuit in which the plaintiff also has a claim against an unsued third party having a joint interest in the defense.