VOTUM
Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4.
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Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4.
Lat. The vacant possession,
Lat. Value of the marriage. In feudal law, the guardian in chivalry had the right of tendering to his infant ward a suitable match, without “dis- paragement,” (inequality,) which, if the infants
The tenure or holding of a vassal. Cowell.
The office of dog-leader, or courser. Cowell.
A kneeling or low prostration on the ground by penitents; pardon.
L. Lat. In old English law. A verdict; a declaration of the truth of a matter in issue, submitted to a jury for trial. Veredictum, quasi dictum veritatis; nt judicium quasi juris
In ecclesiastical law. The place in a church where the priest’s vestures are deposited. Also an assembly of the minister, church-wardens, and parishioners, usually held iu the vestry of the church, or
Lat. In the civil law. Of goods taken away by force. The name of an action given by the pnetor as a remedy for the violent taking of another’s property. Inst 4,
In Scotch law. A meddling with the movables of a de- ceased, without confirmation or probate of his will or other title. Wharton.
In ecclesiastical law. The eve or next day before any solemn feast.
Lat. In the civil law. A defender. VINDICARE 1209 VIRGA
A yard-land.
Lat. In old English practice. View; inspection, either of a place or person.
Lat. A summoning to court. In the earlier practice of the Roman law, (under the iegis actiones,) the creditor orally called upon his debtor to go with him before the praitor for
To call upon; to call in to warranty ; to call upon the grantor or warrantor to defend the title to an estate. To vouch is to call upon, rely on, or
Lat In the civil law. Empty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin.
The distinction between a good and a valuable consideration is that the former consists of blood, or of natural love and affection; as when a man grants an estate to a near
L Lat A waste or common lying open to the cattle of all tenants who have a right of commoning. Cowell.
One who leads greyhounds. Blount