| Ham III.iii.5 | [Claudius to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern] The terms of our estate may not endure / Hazard |
| Ham IV.vii.26 | [Laertes to Claudius] A sister driven into desperate terms |
| Ham V.ii.240 | [Laertes to Hamlet] But in my terms of honour / I stand aloof [i.e. position as a man of honour] |
| MM I.i.10 | [Duke to Escalus] the terms / For common justice, y'are ... pregnant in [i.e. the conditions by which justice is administered] [or: sessions; terminology] |
| MM II.iv.100 | [Isabella to Angelo] were I under the terms of death [i.e. under sentence of death] |
| TN V.i.68 | [Orsino to Antonio] What foolish boldness brought thee to their mercies / Whom thou, in terms so bloody and so dear, / Hast made thine enemies? |