VULTURE BID
When distressed assets of uncertain worth are sold at a deep discount. Refer to fire sale and vulture fund.
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When distressed assets of uncertain worth are sold at a deep discount. Refer to fire sale and vulture fund.
To annul; to cancel or rescind ; to render an act void; as, to vacate an entry of record, or a judgment
In Spanish law. A promissory note. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5,
In old Scotch law. Ward; custody; guardianship. Answering to “war- da,” in old English law. Spelman.
In maritime law. Freight
Lat In the civil law. In a strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the contract of sale, otherwise called “emptio vendition Inst. 3. 24. Calvin. In a large sense. Any mode
In pleading and practice. A neighborhood; the neighborhood, place, or county in which an injury is declared to have been doue, or fact declared to have hap- pened. 3 Bl. Comm. 204.
Lat. True; truthful; genuine; actual; real; just.
To harass, disquiet, annoy; as by repeated litigation upon the same facts.
Petty or small tithes payable to the vicar. 2 Steph. Comm. 681.
Lat. In old English law. A king’s widow. The widow of a tenant in capite. So called, because she was not allowed to marry a second time without the king’s permission; obtaining
In old English law. Villein service. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 13,
The term “violence” is synonymous with “physical force,” and the two are used interchangeably, iu relation to assaults, by elementary writers on criminal law. State v. Wells, 31 Conn. 212.
An official indorsement upon a document, passport, commercial book, etc., to certify that it has been examined and found correct or in due form.
I.at. With the living voice; by word of mouth. As applied to the examination of witnesses, this phrase is equivalent to “orally.” It is used in contra- distinction to evidence on affidavits
Free; without compulsion or solicitation. Without consideration; without valuable consideration; gratuitous.
Lat In the civil law. Exemption ; immunity; privilege; dispensation; exemption from the burden of office. Calvin.
In old English law. A young gentleman; also a servitor or gentleman of the chamber. Cowell.
In old Scotch law. A warren. Answering to “warenna,” in old English law. Spelman.
The word “vehicle” includes every description of carriage or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on laud. Rev. St. U. S. 5 4 (U.