AKOND, in the Persian affairs, the chief judge in all cases of contracts and other civil matters. He is at the head of the lawyers, and has his deputies in all courts of the kingdom.
AL, an Arabic particle prefixed to words, and signifying much the same with the English particle the: Thus they say, alkermes, alkoran, &c. i. e. the kermes, the koran, &c.
AL, or ALD, a Saxon term frequently prefixed to the names of places, denoting their antiquity; as Aldborough, Aldgate, &c.