Category: V

Lat In old English law. Common purgation; a name given to the trial by ordeal, to distinguish it from the canonical purgation, which was by the oath of the party. 4 Bl.

A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to an interruption in the incumbency of an office. The term “vacancy” applies not only to an interregnum in an existing office,

In old English law. The king’s eldest son; hence the valet or knave follows the king and queen In a pack of cards. Bar. Obs. St. 344.

An obsolete title of dignity next to a peer. 2 Inst. 667; 2 Steph. Comm. 612. Vans est ilia potentia quae nunquam venit in actum. That power is vain [idle or useless]

In old Lomliardic law. The offense of stopping one on the way; fore- stalling. Spelman.

A purchaser or buyer; one to whom anything is sold. Generally used of the transferee of real property, oue who acquires chattels by sale being called a “buyer.” Vendens eandem rem duobus

In French law. Sale; contract of sale.

Lat. In the civil law. To be employed; to be conversant. Versari male in tutela, to misconduct one’s self in a guardianship. Calvin.

L. Lat Where the bailiff of a lord distrains beasts or goods of another, and the lord forbids the bailiff to deliver them when the sheriff comes to make replevin, the owner

In old English law. A returning officer. 7 Mod. 13.

Lat. A word of reference. Vide ante, or vide supra, refers to a previous pas- sage, vide post, or vide infra, to a subsequent passage, in a book. Videbis ea saepe committi

Any small assemblage of houses for dwellings or business, or both, in the country, whether they are situated upon regularly laid out streets and alleys or not constitutes a village. Hebert v.

This term includes all alcoholic beverages made from the juice of the grape by the process of fermentation, and perhaps similar liquors made from apples and from some species of berries; but

Lat. By virtue whereof. This was the clause in a pleading justifying an entry upon land, by which the party alleged that it was in virtue of an order from one entitled

Lat In the civil law. A step-father; a mother’s second husband. Calvin.

Lat. Willing. He is said to be willing who either expressly consents or tacitly makes no opposition. Calvin. Volenti non fit injuria. He who Consents cannot receive au injury. Broom, Max. 268,

Lat In the civil law. Spurious children; bastards.

See POSSESSION.

In old records, a ford, or wading place. Cowell. VAGABOND 1196 VALUABLE CONSIDERATION

L. Lat In old records. A fore-footman. Spelman; CowelL