“aid of”

The following 4 entries include the term aid of.

bill in aid of an execution

: a creditor's bill filed to reach assets subject to execution but fraudulently transferred

in aid of

idiom

: in order to help (something or someone)

what's (all) this/that in aid of?

idiom

used to ask about the purpose of something

without the aid of

idiom

: without using


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