1. Accidences accedence cadences acidnesses cadencies cadenced accidence cussedness acidness Acutances

2. This system is known as cadency and marks the relationships of the cadet branches to the principal family tree.

3. Bordure The heraldic term for a border – a border which sources suggest should occupy one-fifth of the field – see ‘cadency, mark of’ and its following note)

4. A Bordure compony can be used as a difference to delineate cadency and often indicates an illegitimate son, acknowledged but legally barred from inheritance of the feudal estates of his father