Here is one good online source and a few books in print, but there are many
more than the four I have noted.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randyj2222/gendict.html 


Henry Campbell Black. Black's Law Dictionary. The 1st or 2nd editions are
out of print, but are the best for old legal terms. It is available on CD.

Paul Drake. What Did They Mean by That?: A Dictionary of Historical Terms
for Genealogists. Bowie, Md.: Heritage Books, Inc. 1994.

Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny, eds. The Source: A Guidebook of American
Genealogy Salt Lake City, Utah: Ancestry Publishing, 1984.

Barbara Jean Evans. The New A to Zax: A Comprehensive Genealogical
Dictionary for Genealogists and Historians. 2nd ed. (Champaign, Ill.: the
author, 1990.)

Jump out to the online site and read the description of a bond. They are
quite common in that time period. I assume that what you have here is an
estate settlement, which is a list of accounts receivable and accounts
payable. You should be able to determine while reading the report which are:
what is owed to the estate of the deceased, and which are debts that need to
be paid. Generally they are grouped together and not intermixed, much as you
might do if you were to tally up amounts that you owed to someone. It is
always difficult to evaluate excerpts from a document, so I can only guess
that a bill in your case is just that, an invoice. An order may be a court
order to enforce payment of some disputed amount, but only a person reading
the entire document or knowledgeable about the affairs of the deceased could
determine what the intention is of that statement. 

As a side note, the William Crump that is named in your list is very likely
the same William Crump (1783-1864) that owned Raleigh Tavern after 1800. He,
along with other surnames in your list are connected with some of my Trent
ancestors who lived in Cumberland, Chesterfield, & Powhatan Counties. 

“After the death of Moody, ownership of the Raleigh evidently passed to his
daughter, Maria, married to William Crump of Powhatan county. [Virginia
Magazine, Vol. XXXIV, p. 165] Although the will of Moody, who died in 1807,
[Virginia Argus] was not found, this fact of ownership is established by
Crump's advertisement of the Raleigh in 1813 and an insurance policy in
1815. Crump offered the Raleigh for sale through the columns of t he
Richmond Enquirer, January 7, 1813:

Raleigh Tavern, For Rent - The Raleigh Tavern in Williamsburg, will be
rented for the present year, and immediate possession given, or will be
leased for three or five years. There is a large and valuable pasture
attached to the tavern; and several beds and other Household Furniture may
be had with the establishment, as well as two Cooks, a male and female, may
be obtained by purchase, by those who rent or lease the tavern.
For terms apply to Robert Anderson, Esq. of Williamsburg, Edwd. W. Trent,
Esq. of Richmond, or the subscriber living in Powhatan county.

Wm. Crump”

Source: Colonial Williamsburg's Digital History Center Archive
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