Category: V

A member of a panel of jurors; a juror summoned by a writ of venire facias.

L. Lat. In Scotch law. Verging towards poverty; In declining circumstances. 2 Kames, Eq. 8.

In old English law. Profit of land. “How much the vesture of an acre is worth.” Oowell.

Capable of life. This term is applied to a newly-born infant, and especially to one prematurely born, which is not only born alive, but in such a state of organic de- velopment

In English law. A person authorized by law to keep a house of en- tertainment for the public; a publican. 9 Adol. & E. 423.

Lat. In the ecclesiastical courts, service of a decree or citation viis et modis, i. e., by all “ways and means” likely to affect the party with knowledge of its contents, is

The sanction of the laws, whereby it is signified what evil or penalty shall be incurred by such as commit any public wrongs, and transgress or neglect their duty. 1 Steph. Comm.

A writ for choice of a verderer in the forest. Reg. Orig. 177

In Scotch law. An unwarrantable intermeddling with the movable estate of a person deceased, without the order of law. Ersk. Prin. b. 3, tit 9,

Null; ineffectual; nugatory; having no legal force or binding effect; unable, in law, to support the purpose for which it was intended. “Void” does not always imply entire nullity; but it is,

In Scotch practice. An emphatic or essential word. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 280.

Lat In Roman law. Bail or security; the giving of ball for appearance in court; a recognizance. Calvin.

A policy Is called “valued,” when the parties, having agreed upon the value of the interest insured, in order to save the necessity of further proof have inserted the valuation In the

One who was in dignity uext to a baron. Britt 109; Bract lib. 1, e. a One who held of a baron. Enc. Brit

Hunting. Cowell.

L. Lat. In old pleading. Comes and defends. The proper words of appearance and defense in an action. 1 Ld. Raym. 117.

In English law. Officers who carry white wands before the justices of either bench. Cowell. Mentioned In VERIFICATION 1203 VEST Fleta, as officers of the king’s court, who oppressed the people by

A phrase including all things, trees excepted, which grow upon the surface of the land, and clothe it externally. Ham. N. P. 151.

Lat. A right of way over another’s land.

Lat In the civil law. Sustenance; support; the means of living.